MASTICATION THROUGH THE AGES
Live Performance 20 Minutes 2025‘Mastication Through the Ages [a rebellion]’; amplifys the digestive system in all its glory whilst demonstrating feeble attempts to follow the ‘rules’ of meal sharing from across the centuries. The piece aims to question - How has our attempt at distancing ourselves from the sonic evidence of our living, breathing, digesting bodies affected our relationships with ourselves and each other? Does our deep rooted shame, disgust and contempt for our bodies serve us in any way, or can we challenge this?
Supported by The Centre for the Study of the Nineteenth Century & its Legacies, The Health Humanities Research Forum, Centre for the History of Emotions, Queen Mary University London Microbiome Network and Centre of the Cell.
This piece was performed as part of an event on Gut Health inside a sculpture of a Neuron at Queen Mary University London. Speakers included Dr Elsa Richardson [author or RUMBLES: A Curious History of the Gut], Dr Ruari Robertson [Researcher on the microbiome], artist Jenny Pedley, moderated by Dr Rhodri Hayward & organised by Dr Merilees Roberts.
Photo credit Alberto Romano
