CONSUMMATE

(Warning: Explicit Content)

CONSUMMATE, 2019
Lumina porcelain, acrylic, edibles (chocolate, candies), furniture, refrigerator, microwave, kitchen utensils, shrink-wrap machine, packaging supplies, light box and commercial signage
installation variable

consummate
(verb) /ˈkɒns(j)əmeɪt/: make (a marriage or relationship) complete by having sexual intercourse.

consume
(verb) /kənˈsjuːm/: 1. eat, drink, or ingest (food or drink) (synonyms: eat, eat up, devour, ingest, swallow, gobble, gobble up, wolf down, gorge oneself on, feast on); 2. buy (goods or services).

mate
(noun) /meɪt/ 1. the sexual partner of a bird or other animal; 2. a fellow member or joint occupant of a specified thing (synonyms: partner, husband, wife, spouse, lover, live-in lover, amour, significant other, inamorato, inamorata, companion, helpmate, helpmeet, consort…)
(verb) /meɪt/ 1. come together for breeding; copulate; 2. connect or be connected mechanically.

It’s a dog-eat-dog world out there. Wake up, get up, eat up, buy up, shut up and get out. We are the consumable. Swipe left, swipe right, tap, flick, meet your meat, mate your date, and go. The previous meal forgotten as the next is sought ahead. Sugar high, application crash.

CONSUMMATE 2019 was exhibited in Triple Penetration, an exhibition with Manny Lee Beard and Dexter Rosengrave curated by Phoebe Adams as part of the TasPride Festival 2019.

Photography by Alexandra Hullah