ACT ART showcase twisted, debased fetish art like inspired by the Viennese Actionists and Marina Abramovic's infamous Rhythm projects. Founders Oliver Frost and Marc Massive take their work very seriously indeed and their eighth event, taking place this Friday, aims to stir perceptions of censorship, coercion and marginalisation through a variety of salacious shows at Metal Works. In exploring the cerebral shades of fetishism. From arthouse and world cinema screenings to spoken word features and music sets, the display is spread evenly in effort to "decompartmentalise" conceptual art.

Dazed Digital: How did ACT ART come about?
Marc: I came on board the ACT ART ship when I met Oliver six years ago, and we’ve produced events and club nights ever since. As live artists, we felt there were lack of opportunities for emerging cross-discipline artists to show their work alongside more established individuals. In attempting to break down the elitist programming system that artists often have to operate in, the project was born.

DD: What were you hoping to achieve with it?
Oliver: Our agenda has always been to show experimental, radical, confrontational and non-mainstream art alongside less challenging and more entertainment-based works. The last thing we want to do is to produce a freak show or be seen as sensationalist just for the sake of it, but we do realise that some of the work we exhibit is quite thrilling to watch. Our aim is to programme work that is often overlooked and difficult to get commissioned.

DD: What can we expect from the night?
Marc: If you like your entertainment to be safe and comfortable, ACT ART is not for you. There’s a unique energy created when different pieces of work run simultaneously, and the building is usually exploding with creativity. There are extreme shows on the main stage, such as Mouse who sucks up fluids with her vagina and sprays them all over the audience and Alex Fear’s show, which witnesses him splashing about in a paddling pool of offal whilst fucking a mutated pigs head.

DD: Nice... Are there any other similar nights going on in London that you feel you compete with?
Oliver: As far as I know we are the only movement that showcases work from all artistic disciplines in single night events, from the extreme performance scene to intimate one-to-one live shows.

DD: Is there a balance between people who turn up for voyeuristic kicks and those approaching it from an artistic point of view?
Oliver: There probably are some who turn up for novelty and sensationalist reasons, and others who appreciate the event for its diverse programming.  We’re not against spectacle for spectacle's sake – not all visual work needs to be deep or political, sometimes it's fine for work to be visually stunning and nothing else. We want to bring the unexpected to the forefront, and present works that are challenging, thought-provoking, emotional and sometimes uncomfortable to watch.

DD: Any other projects in the pipeline?
Marc: After Friday, I'm looking forward to working on a new album with my band Massive Ego. We’d love to open up a space for regular nights; using it maybe for a combination of purposes that allows us to have an art-space that can operate on a day-to-day basis rather than just occasionally, but it's a big project and it all takes time. One day though, hopefully!

Act Art is at Islington Metal Works from July 9. IMW, 7 Torrens St, off City Rd, London, EC1V 1NQ