Show me your teeth by Javon Bennett is a commentary and response to the dichotomy of the island’s military past, a base for storage, training and respite, along with the mythical tales of an island grounds to hedonistic play, as its name suggests.
At the island’s green edge we get to gorge. Much like the sacrificial lamb, imbued with herbaceous aromatics and roasted to tender bites, we celebrate emphatically the peak of days without darkness: shunning responsibilities, dining and dancing dazzlingly, dizzyingly, for as long we’re gifted light. Javon Bennett lives and works in Oslo as artist and baker to create deliciously edible installations. Playfully exploring ingredients and their bounds, stretching and extracting essences, textures and colours while applicating with a somewhat painterly eye and approach.
A collaboration with MDT
Island Dialogues is a part of the Lustholmen festival 2025 at Skeppsholmen in Stockholm. It is a performance programme produced by Public Art Agency Sweden and MDT. Show me your teeth is one of three artworks in the programme. Curators: Edi Muka and Annika Enqvist, Public Art Agency Sweden, and Anna Efraimsson, MDT.
Time and place
Date: 15th of Jun
Time: 14.00–14.30
Where: Skeppsholmens folkhögskola
Regsitration: No registration is required, entrance is free of charge