A Woman Holding a Liver

Couch, Amanda (2017) A Woman Holding a Liver. In: Offal: rejected and reclaimed food: proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 2016. Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery . Prospect Books, London, pp. 134-147. ISBN 9781909248557

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Offal: Rejected and Reclaimed Food: proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 2016 - book cover

Offal: Rejected and Reclaimed Food: proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 2016 - book cover

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Couch, Amanda
Description/Abstract:

For the Oxford Symposium of Food and Cookery’s theme Offal, I presented a performance-lecture, A Woman Holding a Liver, which contextually and artistically explored the practice and history of haruspicy or liver divination, followed by the divination of a lamb’s liver.

A Woman Holding a Liver began with an outline of the ancient practice of haruspicy. I showed examples of where liver divination has been represented in art and material culture, and contextualised it from my personal and artistic perspectives, as well as in relation to chance strategies in art history. I outlined my methods for performing an examination of a liver, drawn from a wealth of classical scholarship, before undertaking an inspection of a lamb’s liver, divining in response to a question that was collectively decided by the audience-participants.

Item Type:
Book Section
Date:
20 July 2017
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A Woman Holding a Liver
Schools:
School of Fine Art, Crafts & Photography
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Miss Amanda Couch
Date Deposited:
18 Jan 2018 11:09
Last Modified:
04 Mar 2022 04:30
Couch, Amanda:
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8344-9668
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https://research.uca.ac.uk/id/eprint/4283

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