The stomach, the cave and the oven, fortunetelling from the gut
© Gosie Vervloessem

PROJECT

The stomach, the cave and the oven, fortunetelling from the gut (2019)

During the baking process, dough gets its final shape in the oven and becomes bread. The stomach is considerd as a stove wherein the hero gets his final formation. At the mouth of caves, deep voices wisper in undistinguable language. 

But what happens in the oven in times wherein the world becomes more unthinkable, less graspable and less defined and the hero has no clear route out anymore? What happens if we get lost in our own digestive tract? What is the status of dough and the meaning of baking in unthinkable times? What are the voices at the entrance of the cave telling us?

The stomach, the cave and the oven is investagtive fortunetelling workshop inspired by the horror of what lies under the ground, under our skin and baking in the oven.  It invites people in a reflection on new ways of storytelling that come from their guts. 

© Chiara Organtini
© Chiara Organtini
© Chiara Organtini
© Chiara Organtini