Raw Material

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Otherworld Episode 3: The Sigil Oct 31, 2016

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Experimental musician, pioneering performance artist, and general cult phenomenon Genesis Breyer P-Orridge reveals the role of magic in h/er life and artistic practice. S/he describes h/er decades-long mystical work with sigils, chaos magick, sex magick, and the philosophies of Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth. Image: Genesis Breyer P-Orridge by Ross Simonini Artists featured in this episode: Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Micki Pellerano

Otherworld Episode 2: The Ceremony Oct 17, 2016

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A folk musician conducts an ayahuasca ceremony, a performance artist describes her shamanic rituals, and a pioneer of conceptual art communes with animals and inhabits his own unconscious. Image: Joseph Beuys, I Like America And America Likes Me, 1974. Artists featured in this episode: Santiparro, Dohee Lee, Joseph Beuys.

Otherworld Episode 1: The Vessel Oct 03, 2016

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A performance artist, a philosopher, a violinist, and a new age composer make art by harnessing unknown forces, deities, and interdimensional beings. An artist at the turn of the twentieth century holds a séance with spirits and gives birth to abstract painting. Photo of Dohee Lee by Pak Han.

Season 1 Trailer: Otherworld Sep 19, 2016

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Discover Raw Material, a new arts and culture podcast from SFMOMA, coming October 2016.