A Woman Holding a Liver

Couch, Amanda (2016) A Woman Holding a Liver. [Performance]

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Creators:
Couch, Amanda
Description/Abstract:

'A Woman Holding a Liver' is a performance of two parts: the first contextually and artistically summarises the practice and history of haruspicy or liver divination, outlining the ancient practice of haruspicy, representations in art and material culture, as well as the context from the artist's perspective, in relation to chance strategies in art. The second part is a the divination of a lamb’s liver. First, the approach and system of inspection that was to be followed based on research into ancient Mesopotamian, Greek and Etruscan practices is set up, then the inspection of a fresh lamb’s liver is conducted in response to a question, which was collectively asked by the audience. The question was ‘Will the UK invoke article 50?’, and the answer according to the liver was ‘no’. Documentation shown here was offered by the audience after the event.

'A Woman Holding a Liver' was conceived for, and first performed at the 2016 Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery and won the Prize for Best Presentation by a non-Student First-time Presenter.

Item Type:
Art/Design Item
Date:
9 July 2016
Copyright Holders:
Amanda Couch
Material:
Live performance in the form of a lecture and demonstration
Measurements or Duration:
45 mins
Funders:
UCA Research Award for attendance to the Symposium
Locations / Venues:
Location
From Date
To Date
2016 Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery, St Catherine's College, Oxford, UK
9 July 2016
Projects or Series:
A Woman Holding a Liver
Additional Information:

Other outputs relating to this entry:

- Essay published in the 2016 Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery Conference Proceedings, Prospect Books (2017).
http://research.uca.ac.uk/4283

- 'A Woman Holding a Liver' 2017, Performance at ACTS RE-ACTS 4: Performance Laboratory, 3 - 4 March, in the Studio Theatre, Wimbledon College of Art, 4 March 2017
http://research.uca.ac.uk/3867

- 'The Liver is the Message' Oxford Food Symposium podcast. Produced by Anna Sigrithur. Mixed with help by Thomas Krause. Editorial Help from Naomi Duguid and Fiona Sinclair. Music by Bicycle Face and Freesound.org. Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery, 2017.
https://oxfordfoodsymposiumpodcast.podbean.com/e/episode-two-the-liver-is-the-message/

- 'Acts Re-Acts 4: Artist Amanda Couch introduces her work A Woman Holding A Liver' Blog post for Wimbledon College of Art Blog, March 2017.
http://blogs.arts.ac.uk/wimbledon/2017/03/02/acts-re-acts-4-artist-amanda-couch-introduces-her-work-a-woman-holding-a-liver/

Schools:
School of Fine Art, Crafts & Photography
Related URLs:
Depositing User:
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
Art/Design Categories:
Performance
URI:
https://research.uca.ac.uk/id/eprint/4288

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