{"id":69264,"date":"2026-11-10T12:53:32","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T12:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/?p=69264"},"modified":"2026-11-10T19:19:05","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T19:19:05","slug":"autotomy-for-the-curious-alexander-tarasenko-s-new-performance-to-premiere-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/autotomy-for-the-curious-alexander-tarasenko-s-new-performance-to-premiere-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Autotomy for the Curious: Alexander Tarasenko\u2019s New Performance to Premiere in London"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Drawing on ancient rites of passage and initiation, Tarasenko explores the process of separation \u2014 the often painful but necessary act of breaking away from the past, familiar attachments and a former sense of identity. The term autotomy<\/em>, borrowed from biology, refers to the ability of certain animals to shed a part of their own body in order to survive. Within the performance, this phenomenon takes on a metaphorical meaning, becoming an image of freeing through loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The performance is conceived, directed and performed by Alexander Tarasenko, with a live sound accompaniment created and performed by artist Alessandro Paiano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alexander Tarasenko<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Alessandro Paiano<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Alexander Tarasenko is a London-based artist whose practice spans performance, sculpture, installation, photography and video. His artistic research centres on anxiety, neuroses, shame and the experience of initiation. In his recent work, he draws parallels between contemporary psychological and emotional states and archetypal forms of ritual action found in ancient ceremonies, myths and folktales across different cultures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alessandro Paiano is an artist based in New York and London. His multidisciplinary practice encompasses performance, installation, video, sound and participatory art. His work explores identity, displacement, visibility and human connection, often employing humour, repetition and the tension between spoken language and material presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Autotomy<\/strong> for the Curious \u2014 a performance by Alexander Tarasenko<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Date:<\/strong> Tuesday, 24 November 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time:<\/strong> 8:00 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Venue:<\/strong> Greatorex, 10 Greatorex Street, London E1 5NF<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Admission:<\/strong> Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.alexandertarasenko.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

@alexander.tarasenko<\/p>\n\n\n\n

@alexpickel<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On 24 November, London\u2019s Greatorex art space will host the premiere of Autotomy for the Curious, a new performance by artist Alexander Tarasenko exploring themes of separation, reedom and inner transformation. The event is part of the Tellus Triannual programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"type_post":[184],"column":[],"class_list":["post-69264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69264"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69265,"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69264\/revisions\/69265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69264"},{"taxonomy":"type_post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/type_post?post=69264"},{"taxonomy":"column","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/column?post=69264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}