Special Guest: Karen Finley

Studio 360

Kurt Andersen and performance artist Karen Finley talk about expressing closeness through art and the intimate contortions artists choose to put themselves through.

Karen Finley is a performance artist and the author of six books, including A Different Kind of Intimacy. She is the editor of the anthology, Aroused: A collection of Erotic Writing. Her latest performance piece is called the “Distribution of Empathy.”

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