What's easier to train, a cat or a human?

Rosie Benn, 2020 

Lecture-Performance, Artist Research Book

The Lecture-Performance explores ethical paradoxes encountered when raising cats. A backyard garden ecosystem and cat food packaging are analyzed in relation to cultural and legal constructions of so-called animal and human interrelations. Props such as cat toys and training tools are used as cues to trigger stories about the micro-politics of everyday artefacts. Elements of strain and contradiction are embraced rather than hidden, when delving into this personal anecdote and interpretation of the current ecological and social crisis.  

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Parallel to the Performace-Lecture; primary and secondary research, in the form of heterogeneous material manifested into a story of critical reflection and fantasy. Excerpts of the story as well as a bibliography for the project can be found via the following link

 issuu.com/rosie_benn/docs/what_s_easier_to_train_a_cat_or_a_human__excerpts_