THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT

I do these live Polaroid and photographic performances where I have models dressed up as revolutionaries, terrorists, zombie terrorists, what have you, and acting out these scenarios of abduction and torture, and sexual torture.  And you would expect that it’s a negative thing, but if you’ve ever been to one of these performances, it’s quite the opposite.  It’s a very playful environment.  There’s a certain element of fun and play to it, and it’s also very cathartic.  There are all these images of death that are being forced upon us like never before. It’s almost as if all that stuff has been packaged as entertainment now.

Bruce LaBruce in Ottenberg/Interview