Secretopia is an inquiry into human secretions through art, science and design. After exploring the potential of urine in The Pis’ Project, we decided to expand the programme to all sorts of human secretions. The Pis’ Project turned into Secretopia. In our talks, workshops, exhibitions and performances we consider bodily fluids in a multidisciplinary manner.
We’ve gathered a choice selection that we would love to get our (latex gloved) hands on:
10 - Human Microbe Cheese:
You know that fluff in your bellybutton? Well that, along with bacteria taken from tears and the inside of someone’s nose, has been turned into cheese . Not just one cheese, but 11 different cheeses which apparently taste “like the body odour of the donor”. American…
Love poet Pablo Neruda described how “better than any word, is the pulse of your scent.” When polishing and perfuming ourselves for a first date, are we missing a trick?
I’ve spoken about spit and discovered art in which it is the primary material. It has been used as a motif and even as a cleaning fluid to restore historical works ( check out how Moma uses it to restore its picassos ). However, in an age where our personal data is increasingly monitored, saliva is…
”In their piece “The Republic of Salivation” (exhibited in Stroom, Den Haag in 2012), London-based Anglo Japanese duo comprising of Michael Burton and Michiko Nitta begin with pondering our future food shortages.
