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Coum - Mounted (Poster) Boo-Hooray one sheet COUM Transmissions, a radical British performance art collective active in the late 1960s–1970s, later evolving into Throbbing Gristle. Their work deliberately challenged social norms around sexuality, power, censorship, and the body, often provoking public outrage. The imagery combines: Performance art documentation Body politics Transgressive sexuality Anti-establishment visual language It was meant to shock, confront, and destabilize, not to be erotic in a conventional sense. Overall Interpretation This piece functions as: A statement against cultural repression A critique of authority and control A visual manifestation of underground art as confrontation rather than decoration