Genesis BREYER P-ORRIDGE was born in Manchester, England in 1950 and died March 14, 2020 in New York City. S/he were a member of the Kinetic action group Exploding Galaxy/Transmedia Exploration from 1969-1970. S/he conceived of and founded the seminal British performance art group Coum Transmissions in 1969 and was the co-founder of Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, and the spoken word/ambient music performance group Thee Majesty. Throughout Genesis’ long career, s/he has worked and collaborated with William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Derek Jarman and Dr. Timothy Leary, among others. S/he explores human behavior, ritual, and personality modification through performances that create neo-shamanic collaged paintings called “Sigils.” Her most recent work documents the physical alterations s/he and her partner, the late Lady Jaye, endured within their project Pandrogeny, about re-union and re-solution of male and female to a perfecting hermaphroditic state. Her archives are part of the Tate’s permanent collection. S/he is represented by INVISIBLE-EXPORTS New York.

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