From CHASM Open Studios at CLAY, taken by Sophie Okonkwo
Jo Hauge is a neurodivergent, trans live artist from Oslo based in Glasgow. They make performances that embrace overwhelm, clumsiness and poor impulse control, using stream-of-consciousness text, confusing soundscapes and a purposeful lack of clarity to create a sense of pleasurable overwhelm. In 2021 Hauge was a recipient of the Jerwood Arts Live Work Fund and spent a year developing their practice into a sustainable, accessible and inherently neurodivergent practice. A key part of this is working collaboratively and slowly, as well as giving the artistic content the space to be as neurodivergent and original as it can be, slowly working out its own neurodivergent logics rather than relying on established ways of making meaning.
Jo also makes work with other people, and has collaborated/performed with Louise Orwin, Daniel Oliver, Alicia Jane Turner, Owen Parry and femme feral, among others.
Places they have performed includes but is not limited to: the Barbican, Steakhouse Live, CLAY, The Marlborough Theatre, Bar Wotever, Latitude Festival, with Buzzcut at The Space, Chisenhale Dance Space, the South London Gallery, Battersea Arts Centre, Chelsea Theatre, Camden People’s Theatre, squat parties, house shows, a nuclear bunker in Essex, a wedding and a funeral.
They have an MA in Performance and a BA in English and Drama, both from Queen Mary University of London.
They’re 5’2”.
Contact:
jo.m.hauge@gmail.com
@jo_hauge on Instagram and Twitter