The Body is a Big Place
Galerija Kapelica, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Helen Pynor and Peta Clancy

May 2013

3-channel video projection, single channel video on monitor,
pig hearts performance, soundscape

Perfusion performance devised by Helen Pynor and Gorazd Drevensek

Scientific Consultants: Professor Gorazd Drevensek, University of Ljubljana
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

Performance Photographs: Miha Fras

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 Galerija Kapelica, Ljubljana