The Body is a Big Place
Science Gallery Dublin

Helen Pynor and Peta Clancy

February 2013

Pig hearts performance, 2-channel video, soundscape

Performance: Helen Pynor and Michael Shattock

Scientific Consultant: Professor Michael Shattock,
Cardiovascular Division, King’s College London

Clinical Consultants: Dr Kumud Dhital, Dr Arjun Iyer and Jonathan Cropper
St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, St Vincent’s Clinical School - University of New South Wales, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney

Scientific Technical Assistance
Dr Noreen Boyle, Department of Physiology, Trinity College Dublin
Conor Courtney, Science Gallery Dublin

Performance Assistants:
Dr Adriele Prina-Mello, Kathryn Keenan, Hugo Kieran, Olwyn Kelly

Sound: Gail Priest
Videography: www.mahoo.ie
Editor: Peter Barton
Assistant Editor: Soumya Guruprasad

Performance Photographs: Freddie Stevens

Pig hearts were obtained from an abattoir during its normal operations.
No animals were harmed for the direct purposes of this performance.

This work was supported by the Australian Network for Art and Technology,
St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, St Vincent’s Clinical School –
University of New South Wales, and the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
in association with the Australian Government through the Australia Council
for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.

This work was supported by the
New South Wales Government through Arts NSW

Performance produced by Science Gallery Dublin