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Broadcast: Tuesday 2nd June 2009.
The guests were Alex Mackintosh, Martine Rouleau and Richard Johnson.
Alex and guests will discuss the historical development of attitudes towards the slaughter of animals and the preparation of meat, looking at the curious convergence of consumption and our concerns with death and dying. With a special guest, the presenter from “Kill it, Cook it, Eat it”.
The show was hosted by Seph Rodney.
Guest biographies:
Martine Rouleau completed a Masters in Communication at the Université du Québec à Montréal focusing on the reception of documentary photography. Her Ph.D. research, has evolved towards an interest in the roles and responsibilities of the museum. Taking a specific interest in marginal reactions and approaches to art that happen within the museum, Martine wishes to question the idea of aesthetics that pervades the institution and to investigate alternatives. Martine is a tutor at Westminster Adult Education Service, contributes to critical arts magazines as a freelance writer and book reviewer and is founding co-editor of the Static website, a web resource for an interdisciplinary study of the contemporary culture. Martine holds the Tate-Consortium studentship, as part of which she is organizing the ongoing series of talks The Philosophy of the Overlooked at the ICA.