Heads listening to belly sounds
2022
The photographic series of hybrid chemigrams/chemilumens and alternative photographic processes such as cyanotype on agar agar that explore the relation of our selfs and bellies. As I come from the culture that highlights thinking as a core of my being, I dive into my material self through the practice of belly listening.
‘my belly makes noises, therefore I am’
‘my belly is a consortium of many, therefore I am’
I am an enthusiastic collector of found shopping lists and as I go through the ingredients I am fascinated by their intra-action inside our guts and on the photographic paper.
Within my practice I also learn about digestive processes of plants and multiple beings helping me to understand the symbiotic relationships we can nurture.
‘my belly makes noises, therefore I am’
‘my belly is a consortium of many, therefore I am’
I am an enthusiastic collector of found shopping lists and as I go through the ingredients I am fascinated by their intra-action inside our guts and on the photographic paper.
Within my practice I also learn about digestive processes of plants and multiple beings helping me to understand the symbiotic relationships we can nurture.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6309e8a6a277825411679645ef9a424367acab775903a04bcf2c188b39295469/My-head-listening-to-belly-sounds--Michaela-Davidova--2022-2.jpg)
1 week fermented fotographic paper in the leftover kimchi water and exposed with a contact print.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a1030303fb215933aefbc4d624734aa2f75c6faac76ceb81c55467d659b79cf0/My-head-listening-to-belly-sounds--Michaela-Davidova--2022.jpg)
Lemon juice and stearic acid on a photographic paper exposed with a contact print as a lumen process.
‘Heads listening to belly sounds’ is series of chemigram images incorporating different ingredients inspired by the found shopping lists.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/346c12c92f78975f76b3540d544ebccc6b4a4044cb1956f31ec623047c61697f/From-the-collection-of-found-shopping-lists--Michaela-Davidova--2022.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9d84052bc4b44cdeff7bab0b1ec1d6383a8cc965d65f730b93a2bcbf288f35e6/From-the-collection-of-found-shopping-lists--Michaela-Davidova--2022-2.jpg)
Julia’s head listening to belly sounds, cyanotype on agar agar laid on glass, 2022