08 MAY 25 Sophia Giovannitti (@sophia_giovannitti ) in conversation with practicing psychoanalyst and academic Avgi Saketopoulou (@avgolis98 ), moderated by Rachel Ossip, Deputy Editor at Triple Canopy (@triple_canopy).
In this panel moderated by Triple Canopy editor Rachel Ossip, artist and writer Sophia Giovannitti and psychoanalyst Avgi Saketopoulou discuss themes of consent, power, and coercion through the lens of the artist’s performance Confession Prototype 1, On Having "Alot of Heart", which required audience members to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA).
Giovannitti frames the NDA as a performative gesture that exposes the illusion of voluntary consent in capitalist and legal contexts, particularly where power asymmetries prevail. By invoking the language of contracts within an art setting, she draws attention to the coercive structures that shape everyday agreements—especially within the tech industry, sex work, and institutional labor.
Saketopoulou, drawing from psychoanalys…
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