An intimate portrait of ground-breaking performance artist and music pioneer Genesis P-Orridge and his other half and collaborator, Lady Jaye. Dubbed ‘the wreckers of civilisation’ by one Tory MP, Genesis and the performance art group COUM Transmissions evolved into Throbbing Gristle in the mid 70s and Psychic TV in the 80s. The cutup style of William Burroughs cut-ups and free structure of jazz inspired Genesis to push boundaries in both art and thought. When Genesis met Lady Jaye in New York where she was working as a Dominatrix, it was love at first sight and the two became inseparable. Head over heels the pair began their “Pandrogyne” project and took medical steps to share their identity – with breast implants for Genesis and a nose job for Lady Jaye – among other tweaks. The pair chose French director Marie Losier to tell their love story and 7 years of alternative domestic bliss. Winner of Best Documentary at Berlin Film Festival and shot mostly on silent 16mm, Losier creates a tender home movie aesthetic, interjected with little tableaus and archive footage, guided by the poetic insight of Genesis’ narration.
