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Having not felt like eating, but eaten, I sat down to eat / tea …
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posted on 2023-05-25, 11:54 authored by Loo, SDurational work including performance-based meal for 6 guests (approx. 30 minutes). Round timber and form-ply table, timber chairs and prototypes, egg crate and timber stools, white shirt and stitching, glassware, crockery, cutlery, paper menus, food and drink. To Elizabeth Wilson, the gut is “the nervous system extends well beyond the skull, and as it so travels through the body it takes the psyche with it.” (Psychosomatics, p.47) The enteric nervous system (which handles digestion) develops profound psychological responses that cannot be explained simply by a brain-based central nervous system. This work explores how eating can become a performative mode of (gut) re-thinking cancer as condition of bodies being eaten, away from cognitively-based metaphysics towards a psychical engagement with the body, whose seemingly most automatic functions are so vital and complex.
History
Medium
Installation, performance in a curated exhibitionDepartment/School
School of Architecture and DesignPublisher
Academy Gallery, University of TasmaniaExtent
2 monthsEvent Venue
Academy Gallery, University of TasmaniaDate of Event (Start Date)
2016-02-22Date of Event (End Date)
2016-04-15Rights statement
Copyright 2016 the author, artists and the University of TasmaniaRepository Status
- Restricted