{"id":1359,"date":"2026-05-26T16:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T13:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tadoley.com\/?p=1359"},"modified":"2026-05-26T16:57:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T13:57:00","slug":"how-genesis-p-orridge-turned-the-post-into-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tadoley.com\/?p=1359","title":{"rendered":"How Genesis P-Orridge Turned the Post into Protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anothermag.com\/art-photography\/17206\/genesis-p-orridge-general-idea-mail-art-art-metropole-interview?utm_source=Linkamp;utm_medium=Linkamp;utm_campaign=RSSFeedamp;utm_term=how-genesis-p-orridge-turned-the-post-into-protest\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.anothermag.com\/786\/azure\/another-prod\/470\/3\/473672.jpg\" alt=\"Vitrine2\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>On 11 September 1974, a manila envelope made its way via air mail from the UK to Canada. Addressed to \u201cGenital Pyrhea\u201d at 241 Yonge Street in \u201cTorontoe\u201d, the mailer is covered in ink stamps of an armillary sphere \u2013 a globe-like instrument once used to chart the heavens. On further inspection, the red stamp reveals itself to be shaped like a baby pacifier, inscribed with the words \u201cGlobal Infantilism.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anothermag.com\/art-photography\/17206\/genesis-p-orridge-general-idea-mail-art-art-metropole-interview?utm_source=Linkutm_medium=Linkutm_campaign=RSSFeedutm_term=how-genesis-p-orridge-turned-the-post-into-protest\">read more raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anothermag.com\/art-photography\/gallery\/14680\/correspondence-by-artists-genesis-p-orridge\/0?utm_source=Linkutm_medium=Linkutm_campaign=RSSFeedutm_term=how-genesis-p-orridge-turned-the-post-into-protest\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.anothermag.com\/138\/0-0-2531-1687\/azure\/another-prod\/470\/3\/473671.jpg\" alt=\"Vitrine1\" \/><\/a>nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anothermag.com\/art-photography\/gallery\/14680\/correspondence-by-artists-genesis-p-orridge\/1?utm_source=Linkutm_medium=Linkutm_campaign=RSSFeedutm_term=how-genesis-p-orridge-turned-the-post-into-protest\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.anothermag.com\/138\/46-158-1950-1300\/azure\/another-prod\/470\/3\/473672.jpg\" alt=\"Vitrine2\" \/><\/a>nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anothermag.com\/art-photography\/gallery\/14680\/correspondence-by-artists-genesis-p-orridge\/2?utm_source=Linkutm_medium=Linkutm_campaign=RSSFeedutm_term=how-genesis-p-orridge-turned-the-post-into-protest\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.anothermag.com\/138\/0-0-2593-1728\/azure\/another-prod\/470\/3\/473673.jpg\" alt=\"Vitrine3\" \/><\/a>nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anothermag.com\/art-photography\/gallery\/14680\/correspondence-by-artists-genesis-p-orridge\/3?utm_source=Linkutm_medium=Linkutm_campaign=RSSFeedutm_term=how-genesis-p-orridge-turned-the-post-into-protest\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.anothermag.com\/138\/0-0-2505-1670\/azure\/another-prod\/470\/3\/473674.jpg\" alt=\"Vitrine4\" \/><\/a>nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anothermag.com\/art-photography\/gallery\/14680\/correspondence-by-artists-genesis-p-orridge\/4?utm_source=Linkutm_medium=Linkutm_campaign=RSSFeedutm_term=how-genesis-p-orridge-turned-the-post-into-protest\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.anothermag.com\/138\/0-0-2613-1742\/azure\/another-prod\/470\/3\/473675.jpg\" alt=\"Vitrine5\" \/><\/a>nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anothermag.com\/art-photography\/gallery\/14680\/correspondence-by-artists-genesis-p-orridge\/5?utm_source=Linkutm_medium=Linkutm_campaign=RSSFeedutm_term=how-genesis-p-orridge-turned-the-post-into-protest\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.anothermag.com\/138\/0-0-2593-1728\/azure\/another-prod\/470\/3\/473676.jpg\" alt=\"Vitrine6\" \/><\/a>nbsp;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anothermag.com\/art-photography\/gallery\/14680\/correspondence-by-artists-genesis-p-orridge\/0?utm_source=Linkutm_medium=Linkutm_campaign=RSSFeedutm_term=how-genesis-p-orridge-turned-the-post-into-protest\">View Gallery (8 images)<\/a>nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 11 September 1974, a manila envelope made its way via air mail from the UK to Canada. Addressed to \u201cGenital Pyrhea\u201d at 241 Yonge Street in \u201cTorontoe\u201d, the mailer is covered in ink stamps of an armillary sphere \u2013&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tadoley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tadoley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tadoley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tadoley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tadoley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tadoley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tadoley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tadoley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tadoley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tadoley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}