Bethany made a special guest appearance in her friend Zak's final year performance assessment at Victoria University last week. Whilst he sat and played in a pool of honey, she sat in a pool of vegetable oil rubbing herself and swallowing vast quantities attempting to vomit. Here is the blurb from the handout:
"A short performance which looks at the relationship between energy transformation within the body and energy transition within the global/societal body, from fossil fuel to sunlight."
Time lapse: One frame per second
Bethany fasted the entire day to preserve the aesthetic of the vomit. She swallowed at least five big mouthfuls, her gag reflex didn't kick in & she felt terribly ill. Apparently you need a whole lotta stuff in your tummy to spew. After the performance she drank a big glass of water and had the second most interesting vomit of her life as she watched the oil and water separate as it swirled down a sink basin.
Picnicking yesterday in Ben Cairn, the artist commented that the ordeal had left her with "soft skin and easy bowel movements".
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