Trough
The work of artist Ruth Burke focuses on the connection between humans and other species, mainly livestock. In her performance "Trough" (2016) she let cows feed from a cone-shaped trough around her neck. From her website:
Looked dangerous to me. I kept expecting one of the cows to chomp off her nose or ears.
This performance reverses the typical power structures engaged in by humans and cows. Rather than the human consuming from the body of the cow, my bovine collaborator consumes from an appendage on my body. I am on my knees in a blue costume that features a large cone around my most vulnerable corporeal parts, the neck and the head. The dark blue color is a play on cow’s dichromatic vision and the cone is filled with treats. The relationship between birth, death, and consumption is one perpetually unfinished.
Looked dangerous to me. I kept expecting one of the cows to chomp off her nose or ears.
Comments
A lot of performative art sounds like a Fantasy Sports League outcome:
The punishment for the loser is to suffer through the stunt.
The reward for the winner is to write the explanation.
The punishment for the loser is to suffer through the stunt.
The reward for the winner is to write the explanation.
Posted by crc on 03/19/25 at 04:58 AM
Hey yall tremendously inspired performance by Ruth Burke. It seems her newest work has been to REWILD gardens in Pennsulvania. And the outcome is that pretty little garden with many plants! I wonder what is next to come from Ruth K. Burke. I'm inspired by this blog as well. Good job and thank you fellow netizen I love you
Thanks take care arrivadorchi
Thanks take care arrivadorchi
Posted by Ultracold on 03/19/25 at 03:10 PM
Do *not* try this with pigs. Cows can be dangerous if startled, but they're gentle when they trust you. Pigs, OTOH, do - not - care.
Posted by Richard Bos on 03/23/25 at 03:54 AM
Richard - you are a boss. Astute observation
Posted by Ultracold on 03/24/25 at 02:15 PM
Category: Art | Performance Art | Cows