Date of Award
12-11-2017
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Religious Studies
First Advisor
Dr. Kathryn McClymond
Second Advisor
Dr. Louis Ruprecht, Jr.
Third Advisor
Dr. Brett Esaki
Abstract
The present research project will explore a case study of the experiment of Pandrogeny as conducted by artists Genesis and Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge, arguing that it is best understood as art that performs religion. Utilizing behavior and body modification, this collaborative experiment was intended to create a third, androgynous being, coming into existence through a merging of their identities and referred to as “Breyer P-Orridge.” The experiment was conducted between 1993 and 2007, when Lady Jaye passed away; however, Genesis, in various ways, continues Pandrogynic explorations into the present. The case of this project being religious for Genesis will be made by examining a recent solo exhibition displaying Genesis’s work as well as the performative dimensions of Pandrogeny from its inception to the shift that occurred with Lady Jaye’s death.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/11007116
Recommended Citation
Lee, Andrew, "Altered Bodies, Altared Art: Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and Pandrogeny." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2017.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/11007116