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Ron Athey & Michele Occelli, Constructing Phenomena [II], Future Ritual, 2025. Photo by Manu Valcarce.

Ron Athey & Michele Occelli: 
Constructing Phenomena [II]

an intensive workshop at Battersea Arts Centre
17.02 - 21.02.2025,

Ron Athey and Michele Occelli invite you to join an intensive 5 day workshop process exploring automatistic modes of performing through hypnosis, trance movement, mortification of the flesh and pageantry. 

This will be a deep-dive into the practices of  automatic writing, somatics, hypnosis and procession that Athey has used in performance making since 1995. We’ll explore the modular sacred theatre, talismanic signatures and the place of bodily fluids in contemporary performance. There will be lectures on lighting and video making, and the practice of hypnosis.

Come with a performance concept - the final day will be support participants to develop and realise their (solo or collaborative) projects.

Constructing Phenomena [II] is intended for performers, body artists, experimental artists and researchers with experience in performance art, live art, dance, theatre, choreography, and body-based performance practices.


This is a rare opportunity to get in deep with bold, esoteric artistic practices. We suggest potential participants familiarse themselves with the practices of the faciltators before booking.
This intensive workshop was offered as part of CEREMONY, a year-long programme of performances, exhibitions, artist labs and workshops exploring the function of performance as a modality for gathering, ritual and ceremony amidst the fragmentation of contemporary life. The CEREMONY programme was supported with public funds by Arts Council England.


Artist Index: Ron Athey
Artist Index: Michele Occelli