CORRUPTION // On our March theme of CORRUPTION, artist, performer and choreographer Holly Durant will be discussing her body and body of work as a performance artist, and ways in which she’s employed disruption and corruption of the body as a method of making and conceptual framework. An idea artist Yayoi Kusama describes as ‘evolution by obliteration’. Holly will be sharing some of her current PhD research on energetic materials and connections created by performing spaces and bodies and how they can create new worlds for future bodies.

As an artist and feminist, Holly aims to transform pejorative and oppressive limitations into generative actions. While corruption is often viewed solely as a negative force, Holly sees it as an opportunity to create positive change by growing something new from the cracks it creates. In her work, she challenges the traditional notion of beauty and strives to alter how bodies are perceived. By corrupting the established aesthetics and inherent links between appearance and attributes, she hopes to create a soft, embodied, and community-focused experience of looking and being looked at that empowers individuals to define themselves by their actions and relationships rather than by societal norms and stereotypes.

Thanks to our generous local sponsors BrightStar and Shayna Burns for supporting our speakers with presentation and SEO coaching, Shadowhouse for the video producyion, Offline Supply Co for the sweet notebooks, Allpress Espresso for keeping us caffeinated, The Commons for hosting us, and Mark Lobo Photography for continuing to support our events every month.