Terminal Sulcus

BY BEATRICE HAINES

As a child Beatrice Haines’ grandparents would regularly prepare sandwiches. One day she was horrified to discover that the succulent meaty filling she enjoyed was in fact bovine tongue and not the ham she suspected. Eating meat seemed strange enough, but the sensation of tasting another animal’s tongue with your own felt bizarre.

Years later this experience inspired an intriguing artwork. Exhibited in a retro kitchen, Terminal Sulcus consisted of over 700 wax casts of human tongues lining the inside of a fridge. During MOUTHY, visitors were able to cast their very own tongue during drop-in workshops within the exhibit, inviting them to consider what their tongue really says about them, and their health.