We are Flesh, Fat, and Blood, 2017
Looping digital video, installed with wood frame.
Looping digital video, installed with wood frame.
Three weeks after the Trough performance, Shyanne the Scottish Highland cow, escaped her pasture and was fatally hit by a drunk driver. Her human family invited me to tan and preserve Shyanne’s hide. We are Flesh, Fat, and Blood documents the difficult and grotesque process of fleshing--the removal of the fat and membrane from the inner layer of the epidermis. The lighting in the video, reminiscent of a dutch master still life painting, contrasts the uncomfortable women’s work. The video is run on a small screen to create with the viewer a sense of intimacy.