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Cosey Fanni Tutti of THROBBING GRISTLE Nude Live Actions

The members of  THROBBING GRISTLE are some of the most interesting artists to come out of the UK in the past century. These humans have made it their mission to shake up the status quo on every fucking level, and for that I rate them. I was a little too young to get into the band, but I have gotten into Psychic TV even more as I have grown older. As bands and as individuals, these artistic humans have helped shape underground expression and have never stopped pushing the boundaries. In the mid 70’s, Cosey Fanni Tutti of COUM Transmissions and THROBBING GRISTLE posed nude for Men’s mags such as Club International. Check out what Cosey had to say about using her body in art  in a 2010 interview with Vice. I have nothing but respect for people who bear all as a way of allowing their creative spirit to be free. Everyone in THROBBING GRISTLE was punk before the word punk was even used as a label. Looking back at what she was doing is an inspiration for me and many others…Check out this photo essay of Cosey Fanni Tutti being herself!

 

How do you relate your nakedness in the live actions to that in the magazine actions?


I was laying myself open in a different way when I did the magazine work in that I didn’t have any control over what was done and what I was asked to do. That was a deliberate choice on my part. I went into it because I found the work I did in the gallery spaces had just become quite safe for me. People I’d met who were already in the sex industry said, “Do you want to do something here?” And that presented actions to me that I wouldn’t normally have pursued or even thought of, or I would have just turned around and said, “No, I don’t fancy doing that.”

In the films and magazines, you took on ready-made personas—different names and wigs—giving your body a certain anonymity. Maybe this becomes a sort of mask in contrast to your live actions.


Exactly. In the gallery and in the live actions, that is 100 percent me. In the magazine work and in the sex films, it isn’t. It’s my body, but it’s being used to make and present something that they want. It’s not me. I’m using that process to learn something about myself, the sex industry, and the people in it. You can’t do a film in the sex industry without being naked, at some point. My nakedness there was basically part of the job description, rather than me in the gallery using my body as an art object.

 

 

 

30 Comments

30 Comments

  1. Augustine Garcia

    February 19, 2016 at 2:20 pm

    cool!

  2. Alexa Vulgara

    February 19, 2016 at 10:59 am

    Cody James Wilson Þiotr Mota

  3. Kristine Werth

    February 19, 2016 at 4:42 am

    Brian Engelhardt

  4. Henry Derek

    February 18, 2016 at 3:17 pm

    💖✨💕

  5. Sarah Ryczek

    February 18, 2016 at 3:05 pm

    Totally amazing

  6. Joel Ferreiro

    February 18, 2016 at 2:26 pm

    I doubt she receives any compensation for her image being reprinted in a for profit publication.

  7. Chris LaVey

    February 18, 2016 at 1:06 pm

    Ok. So she posed nude. So what?

    • Brian O'Blivion

      February 19, 2016 at 4:21 am

      so she posed nude, edgelord

    • Brian O'Blivion

      February 19, 2016 at 4:23 am

      took a look at your profile: “i’m bored, so i put something here”

      haha

  8. Austin Zink

    February 18, 2016 at 12:48 pm

    Lhûg Dae

  9. A.J. Soprano's Ulver Poster

    February 18, 2016 at 12:32 pm

  10. Thiago Pisco

    February 18, 2016 at 9:37 am

    Rafael De Marco

  11. Todd A. Smith

    February 18, 2016 at 8:58 am

    I’ve never heard of her, but looks way too much like the actress who plays Arya Stark for me to view the pictures without feeling like a weirdo.

  12. Kenny Crump

    February 18, 2016 at 8:32 am

    Didn’t Jordan Mayne post something of theirs the other day?

  13. Ilaria Murasaki

    February 18, 2016 at 7:04 am

    Roberta Venniro

  14. Ryan Lopez

    February 18, 2016 at 6:49 am

    June Burgey Henry Derek

  15. Ian Hardacre

    February 18, 2016 at 4:06 am

    Cosey makes me feel funny…

  16. Jay Hooke

    February 18, 2016 at 3:52 am

    Why’s she wearing furry pants though?

    Oh.

    Never mind.

  17. Lisa Aurel

    February 18, 2016 at 3:35 am

    Dorian Luneveine

    • Dorian Luneveine

      February 18, 2016 at 3:39 am

      😍 Vu la fourrure on comprend qu’on était dans 70´s 😆

    • Lisa Aurel

      February 18, 2016 at 3:52 am

      De suite pensé à toi! Et ça me rappelait des soirées parisiennes et londoniennes, aussi 😀
      Oui, le Con fut à cette époque bien velu!!

  18. Ben Frith

    February 18, 2016 at 3:10 am

    Josh Nickel

  19. Hansel Gretal

    February 18, 2016 at 2:00 am

    Was lucky enough to see TG once. Was sonically invasive and beautiful. Love that band.

  20. Robert Eugene Roman Jr

    February 18, 2016 at 1:29 am

    Greatest act to ever play COACHELLA.

    • Ryan Hunziker

      February 18, 2016 at 4:58 am

      I remember that, didn’t know who they were at the time but I was intrigued.

  21. David Schmechel

    February 18, 2016 at 1:19 am

    Rrrrr.

  22. Reuben Abel Salazar

    February 18, 2016 at 12:36 am

    Masha PershayMiguel Lugo

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