Pelvic Passage Politics
2024
Pelvic Passage Politics
A butter-sculpture of the pelvic bone of a cow, symbolising of how we sculpt bones through our diet.
The research started during a residency program at Institute for Postnatural Studies ↗
. It had its first iteration in Medialab Matadero together with a publication by Cthuhlu Books ↗
.
The butter sculpture was presented and devoured (shaped) at an accompanying public program GrassRoots at Mediamatic ↗ . An evening I curated for the Gramounce together with Kees Foekema. ↗
The butter sculpture was presented and devoured (shaped) at an accompanying public program GrassRoots at Mediamatic ↗ . An evening I curated for the Gramounce together with Kees Foekema. ↗
Presentation
Medialab Matadero, Madrid
Mediamatic, Amsterdam
Publication
We? - Cthulhu Books
We? - Cthulhu Books
Pelvic Passage Politics
A butter-sculpture of the pelvic bone of a cow, symbolising of how we sculpt bones through our diet.
Over generations, the cow’s pelvic bone has been altered in shape to carry more and more milk weight. A phenomenon that makes natural birth giving, in some breeds, impossible. An ultimate post-natural occurrence that showcase our human view on animals, specifically females, as commodity.
This discovery led to a video-based research into how this part of the body is treated and examined by humankind. It also emerged a side-research how this phenomena is linked to (Dutch grass-) landscape. This formed a public program about the (in)edibility of grass.
Over generations, the cow’s pelvic bone has been altered in shape to carry more and more milk weight. A phenomenon that makes natural birth giving, in some breeds, impossible. An ultimate post-natural occurrence that showcase our human view on animals, specifically females, as commodity.
This discovery led to a video-based research into how this part of the body is treated and examined by humankind. It also emerged a side-research how this phenomena is linked to (Dutch grass-) landscape. This formed a public program about the (in)edibility of grass.
The research started during a residency program at Institute for Postnatural Studies ↗
. It had its first iteration in Medialab Matadero together with a publication by Cthuhlu Books ↗
.
The butter sculpture was presented and devoured (shaped) at an accompanying public program GrassRoots at Mediamatic ↗ . An evening I curated for the Gramounce together with Kees Foekema. ↗
The butter sculpture was presented and devoured (shaped) at an accompanying public program GrassRoots at Mediamatic ↗ . An evening I curated for the Gramounce together with Kees Foekema. ↗
Presentation
-Medialab Matadero, Madrid
-Mediamatic, Amsterdam
-Medialab Matadero, Madrid
-Mediamatic, Amsterdam
Publication
We? - Cthulhu Books
We? - Cthulhu Books
Pelvic Passage Politics
A butter-sculpture of the pelvic bone of a cow, symbolising how we literally sculpt bones through our diet.
Over generations, the cow’s pelvic bone has been transformed in shape to carry more and more milk weight. A phenomenon that makes natural birth giving, in some breeds, impossible. An ultimate post-natural occurrence that showcase our human view on animals as commodity.
Over generations, the cow’s pelvic bone has been transformed in shape to carry more and more milk weight. A phenomenon that makes natural birth giving, in some breeds, impossible. An ultimate post-natural occurrence that showcase our human view on animals as commodity.
Discovering this, I began a video-based research into how this part of the body is treated and examined by humankind. As an ultimately feminine body part, carrying both the uterus and milk-udders, I started to wonder whether it has been shaped by patriarchal values. I questioned whether this part is ever politicised across species in similar ways.
Many more such reflections emerged, which first resulted in a video installation using agricultural archive footage and a ceramic replica of the bone. Later, the research materialised into a butter-sculpture of the pelvic bone that was collectively eaten, and thus shaped by our diet. The butter sculpture was accompanied by a public program on the role of grass in today’s Dutch landscape and its relation to human and non-human metabolisms.
Many more such reflections emerged, which first resulted in a video installation using agricultural archive footage and a ceramic replica of the bone. Later, the research materialised into a butter-sculpture of the pelvic bone that was collectively eaten, and thus shaped by our diet. The butter sculpture was accompanied by a public program on the role of grass in today’s Dutch landscape and its relation to human and non-human metabolisms.
The research started during a residency program at Institute for Postnatural Studies ↗ . It had its first iteration in Medialab Matadero together with a publication by Cthuhlu Books ↗
The butter sculpture was presented and devoured (shaped) at an accompanying public program GrassRoots at Mediamatic ↗ . An evening I curated for the Gramounce together with Kees Foekema. ↗
Presentation
Medialab Matadero, Madrid
Mediamatic, Amsterdam
Medialab Matadero, Madrid
Mediamatic, Amsterdam
Publication
We? - Cthulhu Books
We? - Cthulhu Books
'We?' featuring a research text on Pelvic Passage Politics.
Event 'Grassroots' in Mediamatic
Curated by Kees Foekema and Noa Jansma for The Gramounce.
Curated by Kees Foekema and Noa Jansma for The Gramounce.
Research presentation in Medialab Matadero.
