OKTOBERFEST
Somewhere between 7,000 to 4,000 B.C., in
Mesopotamia, in the Kingdom of Sumeria, women
invented beer. Early agriculture in the “fertile
crescent” was centered around grains. Those
grains, pregnant with possibility, became bread
and, eventually, beer. Sumerian women were both
the first brewers and the first gods of beer. By
adding a trace amount of my vaginal yeast to
regular brewer’s yeast, my “Original Pussy Beer”
pays homage to beer’s ancient creators from “the
cradle of civilization.” Woman is literally
reunited with the beer.
Yeast, because it has been used for millennia,
carries a great amount of symbolic weight. As a
key ingredient to basic sustenance like bread and
beer, yeast is an age-old, familiar and very
powerful medium to work with. Food, and our
complex relationship with it, is mythical; when
we eat and drink, human happiness and sorrow,
love and hate, heaven and hell are simultaneously
displayed and represented. If beer is food, and
food is life itself, then beer too is life itself.
Experimentation with these historic staple foods,
in combination with my own body, helps to build
a new artistic dimension: understanding through
taste. To experience an art piece through taste
is a two-pronged experience. The viewer has to
make a simple decision – to ingest it or not.
From this primal question new questions quickly
arise: Is it socially acceptable to drink beer
that includes even a trace amount of vaginal
yeast? Is it natural? Is it kinky? Can a man
drinking this beer still be macho? Why does it
make such a difference when it comes to the human
body?
It is these questions about society’s
ever-increasing disconnect with the human body
that I try to expose and learn about by feeding
the viewer. By sharing my art in this way, I
share my body and mind, inviting the viewer to
have a conversation on a genuinely intimate
level. Essence meets essence. The participants
begin to understand me and I them.
Humanity was built on beer and conversation. Please enjoy both.
PROST! -Toi Sennhauser
OK, dumbass. Brewers yeast and vaginal yeast are two different organisms. one has nothing to do with the other. beer has never, ever been fermented with vaginal yeast, not even in ancient Sumeria. brewer’s yeast is present in the wild and it is this yeast which originally sparked fermentation. later, yeast strains were unknowingly maintained, as the same wooden stirring utensils were used on each batch. at no point was vaginal yeast a factor. that type of yeast would not have converted sugar to alcohol.
dumb bitches… get back in the kitchen you hos
Pix or it didn’t happen.
isn’t that kinda like cannibalism?
the second that eating human flesh becomes as acceptable as eating the carcasses of these other species we routinely sacrifice for the sins of our bored palates, i will consider renouncing vegetarianism. humans have no idea of their place among other species on this, the only planet we know of that can support carbon-based life
What I hate is people who use the keywords of the year. It seems the new words of the year are “Green”, “Carbon”, “Carbon Footprint”
Dude. Lame. This is just lame.
yeast has no symbolic weight you silly cow.
and you’ve missed the point of why people wouldnt want to drink your beer.
CUZ YOU PUT YOUR VAG JUICES IN IT, YOU IDIOT!
you women… you will never learn
plus i bet your breath smells like shit…
you all need to chill this is a funny article writen by a funny person
you go kelly you rock
“Toi”?
It would be some freakass hippie gal with an androgynous name who did this. You will never see Lisa Lager, Amber Alice or Rachel Red.
yeast is not yeast!!!, Vag and penis yeast is not beer yeast and does not make alcohol this artical is a total lie.
Saccharomyces cerevisiae BEER YEAST is nothing like Candida albicans the human pathogen, oh and by the way anyone can get a yeast infection not just woman. ever heard of Thrush you may have it now.
This is disgusting.. I can appreciate good brewing, and I can appreciate art in all it’s forms, but seriously? This is like me taking a dump in your meatloaf, or putting toe nail clippings in your snowcone.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE STOP BREWING BEER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Would the people who keep commenting “vaginal yeast is not beer yeast” please shut the fuck up and pay attention while reading? She never claimed that the vag yeast would ferment beer; she just said it was a symbolic reunion of woman with the brewing of beer (which I guess is necessary since drinking beer is nowadays a man thing). You don’t have to buy her argument, but pay attention to what you read, dumbasses.
Plus, I don’t know about you fags, but for me drinking beer with pussy yeast (or even just juice) in it is WAAAAY above eating shit or toenails on my to-do list. Perhaps you would have preferred spooge in your beer?
Just one question: Where can i obtain it?!
It sounds lush!
I love how ‘artists’ implicate a connection to their art and just as artfully backtrack to the point of casual connection for the sole purpose of attracting attention. Cheers! and nice logo. Maybe you should stick to graphic design. Thanks for wasting my time.
so much hostility over such a silly thing. i like how you used ‘artists’ as if its a bad thing. what the fuck does art have to do with making beer? And why are you so ready to jump on the ‘artists’ card. as if its bad. Im sorry your shitty job makes you hate every one. get a talent.
fuck yeah, pussy beer, whatevs, hasnt been dont yet i commend you. that totally rules, and kelly, thanks for the follow up.
its weird, kinda gross, and totally entertaining.
thats what its about now, who can be the most weird. im way into it! write more!
so much hostility over such a silly thing. i like how you used ‘artists’ as if its a bad thing. what the fuck does art have to do with making beer? And why are you so ready to jump on the ‘artists’ card. as if its bad. Im sorry your shitty job makes you hate every one. get a talent.
fuck yeah, pussy beer, whatevs, hasnt been dont yet i commend you. that totally rules, and kelly, thanks for the follow up.
its weird, kinda gross, and totally entertaining.
thats what its about now, who can be the most weird. im way into it! write more!
so much hostility over such a silly thing. i like how you used ‘artists’ as if its a bad thing. what the fuck does art have to do with making beer? And why are you so ready to jump on the ‘artists’ card. as if its bad. Im sorry your shitty job makes you hate every one. get a talent.
fuck yeah, pussy beer, whatevs, hasnt been dont yet i commend you. that totally rules, and kelly, thanks for the follow up.
its weird, kinda gross, and totally entertaining.
thats what its about now, who can be the most weird. im way into it! write more!
why not use ALL vaginal yeast from you? That way it would be more like the Sumerian brew you describe. Also, we the drinkers would get a real taste of you! Are you ready for dozens of people, or more, to taste your vagina? Would it be kinky? Historic? Nasty? Could a woman drinking this beer still be hetero? Why did that one guy say vaginal yeast wouldn’t convert sugar into alcohol? It just seems to me cheap that you only used “trace amounts” of your essence, like you were cheating.
i want this beer now. i’d totally drink this, over and over again. “going down there” has been a favorite pasttime of mine, so this really appeals to me……. bring it on, i’m ready to drink
“Could a woman drinking this beer still be hetero?”
Does drinking cows’ milk make a woman gay?