Mouth Factory
apparatuses, videos, images
2012
Mouth Factory is a series of functional machines specifically designed to be operated by the mouth of the user, which includes Chewing drill, Teeth lathe, Tongue extruder, Blowing rotomolding machine and Vacuum form machines.
This project aims to explore the capabilities and versatility of this wondrous organ — the mouth and possible positive uses of negative body conditions. its relating facial expressions, re-contextualised within the realm of production. As a comment on human enhancement, Mouth Factory also reveals the aesthetics of manufacturing through a series of performative devices. By focusing on mouth, these manufacturing devices become an embodiment that renders and amplifies the reciprocal relationship and effects between our body and our tools.
