A trip to Northern Canada this past summer has left me interested in exploring ideas of hunting and the carcass which remains. I was disturbed and yet intrigued by the sight of decaying flesh that surrounded the hamlet, as meat and furs were left to dry on the front porch of peoples’ homes. This led me to question my own feelings towards being a carnivore, and the hypocrisy that stems from our sheltered perspectives in regards to the practice of food preparation. During the Tallest Poppy residency I hope to explore the ideas of the carcass as nutrition, as well as the inevitability of death and its necessity for new life.
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