Orbital Shakes is a short video that takes specific attention to the fleshiness of turkey's wattles in relation to that of the ripping, jiggling SCOBY (Symbiotic Culture Of Bacterial Yeast) they are consuming. This is pictured alongside other birds interaction with the organic material, such as the Toulouse goose that walks on it. Filmed at the Bird Gardens of Scotland, the background noise captures the adjacent highway.

 

Thanks to Gerard Ortín Castellví for camera work.

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Orbital Shakes was shown in the solo exhibition 'Residual Yeast' which happened at Gossamer Fog in 2022. It was written about in Art Monthly and Flash Art, and was critics pick in Art Forum. It was also exhibited with The Fairest in their exhibition 'Falling Off the Face of the Earth' at Trauma Bar Und Kino in Berlin in 2023.

 

Please contact me at biahlywa@gmail.com for the films link.

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