Artist talk: Ron Athey in con­ver­sa­tion with Jamie Mac­Don­ald

Performance artist Ron Athey will be visiting Helsinki for the first time in November. He will be speaking at the invitation of Uniarts Helsinki and Kiasma.

Ron Athey is an American artist and pioneer in Queer transgressive performance art. A self-learned artist, Athey’s artistic path stems from their activities in the subcultural post-punk and pre-goth music scene in the 1980’s. Athey’s work explores topics such as sexuality, the human body, trauma, and their interrelation.

Athey will be interviewed by Jamie MacDonald who is a Finnish-Canadian performing artist working in stand-up comedy, queer performance, and curation. He is currently working on a doctoral thesis at Uniarts Helsinki on transgender stand-up comedy.

The Artist talk is arranged in collaboration with Kiasma, Uniarts Helsinki’s Theatre Academy, and the Academy of Fine Arts.

Content note: The talk will include a presentation of Athey’s work, with visual depictions of sexuality, S&M, and Body Art.