IN AKTION
Since 2001, Canavan has been presenting their unique aktions, live at performance art events, art galleries, fetish parties and on the streets all over Europe.
Relentlessly, they have sought to present uncompromising aktions of visual poetry, through varying degrees of body based trauma.
Please note that only selected works are available publicly on this website.
A members only, archive page is forthcoming.
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Relentlessly, they have sought to present uncompromising aktions of visual poetry, through varying degrees of body based trauma.
Please note that only selected works are available publicly on this website.
A members only, archive page is forthcoming.
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In The Shadow Of...
Made in Collaboration with Talli Lyndsey, 'In The Shadow Of...' is based on imagery and various news reports from the Iraq War.
This aktion was presented at Club Love in Bristol and TG in London, late 2025.
This aktion was presented at Club Love in Bristol and TG in London, late 2025.
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[TENDER]
'[TENDER]' was presented at 'Acephale', in early 2025 - this was a multi-disciplinary event at the BDSM Dungeon Lair of Mistress Syn Ariad, in Brussels.
At the end of 2025, Canavan presented a revised version of this aktion in Berlin at Studio Acephale as part of an event curated by Vida Dodd, called ‘BLOOD NOISE’.
At the end of 2025, Canavan presented a revised version of this aktion in Berlin at Studio Acephale as part of an event curated by Vida Dodd, called ‘BLOOD NOISE’.
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(In)Aktion
'(In)Aktion' was presented at the conclusion of Ron Athey's Darkness Visible II in Athens, 2025.
This was a 10 day multi disciplinary workshop that culminated in a performance art event.
This was a 10 day multi disciplinary workshop that culminated in a performance art event.
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UROLAGNIA
'Urolagnia' was presented in Brussels as part of ACTUS V in 2017 and in Manchester at Contact Theatre, as part of 'Emergency' in 2025..
This aktion is a three part mediation on the artists attempted suicide, their fetish for watersports and the interrogation technique of waterboarding, used primarily on political prisoners.
This aktion is a three part mediation on the artists attempted suicide, their fetish for watersports and the interrogation technique of waterboarding, used primarily on political prisoners.
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The Dead Pig of Our Democracy
Made in collaboration with Vex Vada, 'The Dead Pig of Our Democracy' is a violent exploration into the corruption, sullying and abuse of western democracy, viewed through the lens of a D/s dynamic and BDSM practice(s)..
Presented at Chronic illness Sewage - an underground performance event in Holloway, North London.
Presented at Chronic illness Sewage - an underground performance event in Holloway, North London.
