S L A U G H T E R
Multimedia/Multi-Channel Video Installation
Dimensions, materials, and run times various
2015
In September 2013, Porter set out to explore the visceral and visual impact of slaughtering a mammal for food. Having never before killed an animal, she spent two weeks on Cho Ku Rei Ranch in Crestone, CO, learning from the ranchers how to slaughter and gut a lamb, scrape its hide, butcher the carcass, and grill the meat. The resulting installation consists of two videos, four paintings, and a written account.
With Yvette Janine Jackson (artist/guide), Darren Smith (rancher/performer), Kyle Grote (rancher), Peggy Godfrey (shepherd), and Stephanie Sherman (writer/story editor).
MAKING A SLAUGHTER
Short documentary on the making of SLAUGHTER, 2015
