Projects
CT Pocket
MAN-MADE
Publishing
Film as a Subversive Art
Hijack Reality
Home Sweet Home
Monologues
New Math
Q&A
The Moon
What’s Next?
Talks & events
Dispense and Connect
Inside the Industry
Memories Last Longer
than Things
Print Matters
Victorious Hermit
Pedagogy
What does it mean to be
ANTI-FRAGILE for GEN Z?
The Antifragile Classroom
Pleasure Activism and What
Can a Body Do?
The Long Table
Collective Joy in the
Classroom
ICA x Softlaunch:
Radical Play
About
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Q&A
Cosey Fanni Tutti
Artist
Cosey Fanni Tutti is perhaps most popularly known as co-founder of
the band Throbbing Gristle and also for her involvement in art/music
groups COUM Transmissions. She is a multi-disciplinary artist practicing
in print, video, performance and sound. Her infamous exhibition at the
ICA in 1976 titled Prostitution included works based on appropriated
pornographic images of herself. Her work is exhibited internationally.
Who are you and what do you do for a living?
Cosey Fanni Tutti. Luckily being myself provides
me with enough to continue that way
Do you trust yourself?
Implicitly
What came first? The chicken or the egg?
Urgh
Which image do you keep returning too?
None that I'm aware of
What have you done since you woke up
this morning?
Interviews and answering a pile of emails
Where do you go when no-one is looking?
I go where no one can look — into the long grass
What is your earliest memory?
Being pushed in a pram with my elder sister holding
onto the handle walking alongside
Please describe the place you are currently in,
or the view from your window?
My office overlooking the fields of corn
What do you like the look of?
Cats’ eyes
Were you a popular child?
Popularity never hits my radar — thankfully.
As a child I had many friends and outrageously
excitingly good times.
What sustains you?
Love
Do you scare easy?
The loss of those I love scares me
Who was the first cultural figure to influence you?
Helen of Troy
Where is love?
Deep within
Are you lucky?
No
What’s under your clothes?
Nothing
Do you subscribe to a particular belief?
Only in humanity's innate resolve to short
circuit its horrendous path to destruction.
What two colours should never be seen?
Tan and orange
What do you like most about fame and success?
I hate those terms and what they’ve come to represent.
I’m not famous and success is elusive
Who did you spend last night with?
Chris Carter
What do you do for fun?
Things I’d never disclose
What one thing would improve the quality
of your existence?
To eradicate my heart defect
What do you predict for London?
Meltdown
What is your number one priority?
Happiness for those I love
Why do you do what you do?
I have no choice. I can live no other way
If a tree falls down in a wood but no one is there
to hear it, does it make a noise?
Yes
Who do you like to talk shop with?
No one. It's hideous
Where to go for the best late night cocktail in London?
Or a pint in the afternoon?
I don't drink alcohol
What is your most marked characteristic?
Determination
What would you like to be better at?
Running
What is your favourite smell?
Hyacinths in bloom
What quality do you most like in man?
Those that are silent
What is the quality you most like in woman?
Strength
What is sexy?
The signals and movements that are subconscious
How do you know when something is finished?
How can you let go of it?
It feels right and resists further intervention
Do you have a short anecdote for us?
Or a joke?
No
What is your favourite sound?
Silence
What are you reading, or who or what do you
like to read?
I usually have two books on the go —
one factual and one fictional for escapism.
In a parallel universe, what are you doing
right now?
Flying unassisted
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Total loss of all hope of humanitarianism
What do you regard as your greatest achievement?
Being alive
Do you collect anything? If so what?
Lots — too much really. Mainly from the ‘30s,
‘50s and ‘60s
Which work of art do you most covet for your home?
None
Where do you find most pleasure?
Home or a deserted beach at around 5pm
What’s your favourite public place in London?
Victoria Park (in the ‘70s)
What’s your favourite private place in London?
Our old flat in Crouch End
What is humanity’s biggest failing?
Selfishness
What piece of music would you like played
at your funeral?
Something chosen by Chris. My funeral wouldn’t
be about me
If you were to ask any two questions of any two people,
what would they be and whom would you ask?
I’d ask Sleazy if he liked what we’d done with Desertshore.
I’d ask my mother if she'd like to come visit
Is life serious?
It can be when people inflict pain (in all forms) on others.