ARTS HUB AUSTRALIA — The answer’s in the name, and the question is obvious: why put fish-hooks through your flesh and hang upside down from the ceiling?
Rob Valenti and Ben McCullagh-Dennis are the core members of Modified Souls, a Sydney-based performance troupe. Both professional body piercers, they are using their personal rituals and practices to create disarming, unpredictable performance art. Their most recent show was an eleven-minute work involving aerial suspension, pulling and live piercing, and was a highlight of the Lunamorph alternative fashion show at the Carriageworks.
