‘Becoming with Wheat (and Other More-Than-Human Others)’ at MOUTHINGS, Part of 'Something Held in the Mouth'

‘Becoming with Wheat (and Other More-Than-Human Others)’ was presented as a lecture and sharing of bread at the MOUTHINGS symposium, part of 'Something Held in the Mouth', a four day festival to present a diverse programme of art, exhibitions, events, workshops and talks about the poetics of food, the politics of its migrations and the ways in which our bodies hold these stories at Custom Folkestone. 'Becoming with Wheat (and Other More-Than-Human Others)’ explores our companioning with wheat as well as the other human and more-than-human entities that are entangled within this relationship. Through cultivation, observation, conversation, filming, photography, anthotype making, etching/nature printing, wheat weaving, performance, writing, cooking and eating, I am researching and practicing a more sensitive way of being in the world, through the interconnectivity of landscape, food and the body.