In bed with Nico: The stripper, film maker and academic creating art

Words matter to artist Nico Athene. She chooses them carefully as we talk over email and Skype, aware of their potential to be manipulated, of their power to construct the stories that shape our lives, of their ability to essentialise things in a way that is not useful to understanding our complexities.

Nico’s journey to her research, photography, video and performance project In Bed With Artists is the stuff of a novel that’s happened via bedrooms, film editing suites, strip clubs and lecture theatres.