After becoming a ‘gainer’ for the piece I can safely say it was one of the most difficult tasks I have ever completed. Not only was the quantity hard to deal with, but the mixture of food and having no control over what you were being given was certainly challenging. One member was sick, which we pre-empted and the feeding element was mentally challenging for those involved. This fetish is certainly complicated psychologically and something we will never fully be able to understand.

‘Before strictly human relations are established, certain relations have already been determined. They are taken from whatever nature may offer as supports, supports that are arranged in themes of opposition. Nature provides – I must use the word – signifiers, and these signifiers organise human relations’ (Lacan, 1977)

We formed relations as ‘feeders’ and ‘gainers’; however it was not a pleasurable bond. It was something we had to endure. We managed to last 1hr 40 minutes with the piece, and it seems we tested more than just the feeder/gainer relationship. We also tested ourselves physically and mentally, the sense of control and the audience.

                          (‘The Set and Film’ Taken by: Kirsty Jakins 11.12.13)

Works Cited

Lacan, J. (1977) The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psycho-Analysis. London: The Hogarth Press Ltd.