Open Studio with Martin O’Brien
You are invited to enter the lair of the beast. An open studio in hell. Somewhere between a hospital, a morgue, and a BDSM dungeon where headless gimps serve drinks whilst being deep throated by ghosts, serpents emerging from cracks in the floor, and the dead dance on their own graves. Welcome to the strange world of Martin O’Brien. Martin will be displaying elements of his process, including fragments of performance, scores, videos, images, objects, and detritus.
Martin O’Brien is currently in residence developing his new performance, What the Serpent Told Me in the Misty Gloom. The piece will premiere on 15 November at Tate Britain.
This is a unique opportunity to meet Martin, hear more about his artistic practice, and gain insight into his creative process.
Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Artist Talk with Martin O’Brien: 2:00 PM
Entrance:Free – no need to book, just drop in! Your welcome to drop in any time during the Open Studio hours.
Refreshments: Snacks and drinks will be available.
During his residency at Warehouse9, Martin will be working on a new performance What the Serpent Told Me in the Misty Gloom. The performance will premiere at Tate Britain 15 November 2025. Martin will continue his exploration of death, dying, the undead, and ghostly returns through foggy death-scapes, where images are half seen or miss seen. Fog filled grave yards or woods are classic horror film settings. The fog has the potential to hide danger, but also to make the innocent feel dangerous. In the fog, nothing looks or feels the same. The air feels thick, almost suffocating, if you fall asleep in the fog, would you drown?
Access Information
Warehouse9 is wheelchair accessible via a level entrance. An accessible toilet is available and can be reached using a certified stairlift.
All events are held in a relaxed environment and follow a safer space policy. We kindly ask visitors to familiarise themselves with the space and the policy upon arrival.
Jasmin has a master’s degree in English and cultural communications from the University of Copenhagen and has worked with several fields within the cultural sphere. She has worked with executing and communicating films, festivals, art fairs, and literature, and has now embarked upon queer performance art at Warehouse9.
Emma (they/she) has been a core member since 2012 and a leading effort in driving organisational development. They have helped shape WH9’s artistic profile, initiated national and international collaborations and consolidated WH9 through fundraising strategies, and insisting on production methods centering care and accessiblility.
In addition, Emma works as an independent curator, e.g. through the curatorial duo osborn&møller, where they have acted as guest curator at the Wellcome Collection (UK) and curated part of City of Women’s 25 year anniversary festival in 2019 (SL). Emma has experience as a freelance producer in the UK, where they worked with artists such as Poppy Jackson, Manuel Vason and SPILL Festival. Emma holds a MA in Theater and Performance from Queen Mary, University of London and a BA (Hons) in Drama, Applied Theatre & Education from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
Jørgen Callesen (They/He) is co-founder and co-director of Warehouse9.
For the past 17 years, they have been an integral part of developing Warehouse9 to become a leading organisation for cross-aesthetic queer art, including international festivals and socially engaged projects. He holds a Ph.D. in information & media science from Aarhus University (2005) and has an artistic practice with the performance figure “miss fish”. They have presented solo work in Denmark and internationally since 2002 and work in collaboration with numerous queer artists as well as in lager scale productions.
