Auspicious Plastic | Episode 9 |Casey Jenkins by Megan Spencer published on 2017-12-01T00:06:32Z AUSPICIOUS PLASTIC is a podcast about precious objects and the stories behind them. Casey Jenkins is an "endurance performance artist" from Melbourne, best-known for her 2013 "craftivist" work "Casting Off My Womb", where she knitted a huge textile from yarn "inserted daily" into her vagina, for one month. A video about the installation went viral, causing a huge controversy and opening up a public dialogue - much of it abusive - about women's bodies and cultural ownership over them. Meeting in Berlin, Casey and I chat about the woollen object she created, now wound into a neat, soft, precious ball. Also a well-travelled symbol of 'cultural disruption', it will soon be incorporated into another exhibition, 'BLOOD: Life Uncut', at the Science Gallery in London. The conversation is emotional and thoughtful, journeying deep into the heart of art, loss, creativity and motherhood. NOTE: This episode contains 'adult themes'. Credits: Interview: Casey Jenkins Presenter/Producer: Megan Spencer Original music: Jeremy Conlon/Cooperblack (used with permission) https://cooperblack.bandcamp.com/ Logo: Studio Ink www.studioink.com.au Photo: Megan Spencer Thank you: Casey for the interview! Visit Casey's artist Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CaseyJenkinsArtist Read about Casey's 'Bad Blood' exhibition in 'BLOOD: Life Uncut': https://london.sciencegallery.com/blood/artworks/bad-blood Read the 2016 interview I did with Casey on Circus Folk: http://www.wethecircusfolk.com/2016/09/casey-jenkins Contact: hello@themeganspencer.com Facebook page: www.facebook.com/auspiciousplastic Subscribe to and rate Auspicious Plastic on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/auspi…d1241088902?mt=2 All rights reserved. 'Auspicious Plastic' podcast (c) Megan Spencer 2017 Cannot be reproduced without permission. Genre podcast