Books as Bodies, Bodies as Books

Couch, Amanda (2016) Books as Bodies, Bodies as Books. [Performance]

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Creators:

Couch, Amanda

Description/Abstract:

Books as Bodies, Bodies as Books was a performance-lecture at the Wellcome Library, and part of the Wellcome Library Insights, a series of events which offer the opportunity to explore a theme or topic, whilst showcasing the Wellcome Library’s collection.

The performance-lecture explored birthing girdles, reading as rumination, livers as tablets, flap anatomy, folds as metaphors of digestion, and palimpsests and skin.

Item Type:

Art/Design Item

Official URL:

https://wellcomecollection.org/events/books-bodies...

Date:

17 November 2016

Material:

live performance, paper, parchment, rice paper, video, text, books

Measurements or Duration:

1 hour

Funders:

Wellcome Library, London

Locations / Venues:

Location

From Date

To Date

Wellcome Library, Wellcome Collection, London, UK

17 November 2016

Projects or Series:

Books as Bodies

Additional Information:

Other outputs relating to this research:

• ‘Manuscripts’ project, curated by Gudrun Filipska, exhibition, Cambridge, and book 2018/2019
• ‘Turn the Page’ Artists Book Symposium, The Forum, Norwich, May 2018 TBC

Other outputs on UCARO relating to the series:

- (2017) Acts of Evocation: Re-Writing Skin and Hair, at Housework/Artwork as a part of the Artlicks weekend at Number 13, Cambrian Close SE27 0BS
http://research.uca.ac.uk/3874

Schools:

School of Fine Art, Crafts & Photography

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