RU374 GENESIS BREYER P-ORRIDGE ON GENDER, SEXUALITY, PERVERSION AT THE NEW SCHOOL

RU374: GENESIS BREYER P-ORRIDGE ON GENDER, SEXUALITY & PERVERSION AT THE NEW SCHOOL https://renderingunconscious.substack.com/p/ru374-genesis-breyer-p-orridge-on
Rendering Unconscious episode 374.
Back in 2013, Jamieson Webster invited me to co-teach a class with her on Gender, Sexuality and Perversion at the New School for Social Research in New York, and I invited Genesis Breyer P-Orridge to present to our class as a guest lecturer. My sister Stephanie Sinclair filmed the event, so I thought I’d post it here for all of you to enjoy!
In this episode, Genesis explores the impact of societal expectations on individuals from conception, using performance art to explore human behavior. S/he describes he/r experiments with archetypal characters in the 1960s, leading to a realization of the theatrical nature of human presentation. S/he delves into he/r work utilizing shamanic techniques, physical stress, and rituals to reprogram the nervous system, including extreme experiences like being wrapped in wolf skins and suspended in a coffin. The conversation also touches on their journey towards pandrogeny, the concept of DNA as a control mechanism, and their quest for consciousness beyond the physical body, culminating in their belief in reincarnation and the search for a way to communicate beyond death.
Check out previous episode(s) with this guest:
RU370: GENESIS BREYER P-ORRIDGE AT THE WARHOL MUSEUM https://renderingunconscious.substack.com/p/ru370-genesis-breyer-p-orridge-at
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The song at the end of this episode is "A thin garden" from the album Loyalty Does Not End With Death by Carl Abrahamsson and Genesis Breyer P-Orridge from iDeal recordings. https://open.spotify.com/album/5jFTPjzm1EjeuTnCZLfI14?si=fbqk8IohQ1yCJpavdhu5eg
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photo of Vanessa and Genesis by Stephanie Sinclair