Editor’s Note: As a response to Metro’s stay-at-home order to help slow the spread of COVID-19, we’ve changed the focus of our Critics’ Picks section. Rather than pointing you in the direction of events happening this week in Nashville, here are some activities you can partake in while you’re at home practicing social distancing.
When English multimedia artist Genesis P-Orridge died from leukemia on March 14, it sent tremors through subcultures in music, art and the occult. P-Orridge was the founder of the COUM Transmissions art collective and a member of the occult group Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth, and they’re perhaps best known as lead vocalist in the pioneering industrial group Throbbing Gristle. P-Orridge also embraced body modification, and had extreme views on gender and the nature of the self. All of these combined into The Pandrogeny Project, which found the artist and their wife Lady Jaye collaborating to create a single, mutual identity. P-Orridge made a career out of provocation, and it’s no surprise that the 2016 biographical documentary Change Itself: An Art Apart is illuminating viewing for fans and newbies alike. It’s a great introduction to The Satanic Temple TV, a streaming service that launched last year and features original series, livestreams of rituals and ceremonies, and video footage of lectures and interviews. Check it out at thesatanictemple.tv, where you can preview tons of content for free, or sign up for a monthly fee of $9.99. JOE NOLAN
