what does your gut rehearse to tell you?
2024, multisensory dinner
Artists and scientists in residence ligeti center Hamburg
Toepfer Foundation
Fermentation artist: Olya Tarasyeyeva
Metabolic fluids: Salome Emine
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the instructions are hidden inside the food — waiting to be digested, absorbed, and
transformed within your gut.
stay still for a moment. can you hear your metabolic acoustics?
listen deeply. can you attune to the bowel sounds of the person next to you? if not,
maybe they are holding out on us.
give them a gentle nudge or a knowing glance.
listen to the material textures of our gutspac e: watery, howling, crisp, breathy,
flickering, flowing, bubbling. this sonic richness is often ignored and stigmatised,
left to swirl in silence. but tonight, this soundscape surrounds us, echoing from the
outside in. as pauline oliveros said, ‘the more we listen, the more we learn to listen.’
take in the textures, flavours, shapes, colours, and smells of y our meal. how do
these sound to you? as they are driven by the physical movements and chemical
breakdowns within your body, what sonic composition would they create?
share and participate in the experience. you’ll find chewy, textured cushions hanging
in the space. press them gently to your belly, and let your inner bowel join this
collective resonance.
conclude by applauding each other‘s guts — we’ve created this piece together. what
does your gut rehearse to tell you? there’s a book — write down what your intestines
want to communicate.
braided brioche, whipped butter, flowers
kohlrabi tacos, fermented cream cheese
pickled cauliflower
marbled white beans
hokkaido mousse, chives oil
smoked chilled tomato soup, flax seed crisp
deconstructed cabbage roll, fermented mushrooms
greek yoghurt panna cotta, berries, fig leaf oil