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The Human Canvas

Pure Circus, Psycho Cyborgs & Sonique Flesh


It's an extreme spirituality like walking on fire or climbing a mountain. When I try to explain this to people they think I’m absolutely crazy or are a little bit curious.
Matt Hoar, Pure Circus

Pure Circus
Pure Circus
Pure Circus is a Seattle based performance art group whhich actively seeks to have mind expanding and spiritual experiences in front of live audiences. Pure stands for People Undergoing Real Experiences and they specialise in suspension performance art.

Psycho Cyborgs
Psycho Cyborgs is a performance art group that are part of the underground subculture led by Samppa Van Cyborg. They specialise in dark, shocking theatrical performances. They readily use copious amounts of fake blood on stage whilst actually torturing themselves using a range of equipment from medical instruments to drills.

Samppa is also a leading artist in the underground body modification art scene which involves breaking the skin to make body modifications which are permanent, lasting the rest of their lives.

Sonique Flesh
Sonique Flesh is a performance art group led by Louis Fleischauer, who's art is "an invocation of energy". They stage shows in art galleries, nightclubs and unusual venues such as coffee shops. In particular they use hooks connected with springs to an amplifier to create live experimental music.

On TV
The Human Canvas will be shown on C4:
Tues, 14th March, 11.05pm
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