Fatima Alaiwat
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CULTURED SENSES

Oranges*, soil**, bokashi*** composting bin, vessel****]

* Jaffa oranges (produce of Israel, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland), Jaffa clementines, mandarins (grown in Portugal), Unwaxed oranges (grown in South Africa, Spain), Satsumas (grown in Peru, South Africa, Spain, Turkey), Oranges (grown in South Africa, Spain), Large oranges (grown in South Africa, Spain), Tangerines (grown in Turkey), Clementines (grown in Spain), Tangerines (grown in Morocco), Satsumas (grown in Spain), Organic Sicilian oranges (grown in Italy), Conventional oranges (unknown), Navel oranges (unknown), Juicing oranges (unknown), Organic oranges (unknown), Large orange (unknown), Valencia-Late oranges (grown in South Africa)

** Old potting soil, coir, coffee grounds, scoby, fermented ‘organic orange’ peels, leaves from Rosemary Gardens, salvaged paper bags, Jaffa cake boxes, soil food web resident community of organisms
*** ‘Organic orange’ peels (salvaged from orange juice machine), bokashi bran (rice wash, milk, wheat bran, treacle, water, bacteria)

**** Orange peels, orange blossom water (extracted from flowers of bitter orange tree)

Exploring scales of migrations and memory of ‘oranges’ in relation to sensorial and body-centered experience through metabolic processes (e.g. ingestion, smell, touch, fermentation, composting, decay) and transformative becomings.