Viscera

Viscera, Abintra 8: the Land of Sand,

Hoxton Cabin, 2025

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My first poetry performance, first time writing poetry in English and reading in front of the audiences. I was quite nervous but turned out it's one of the best in terms of audience reaction! 

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Inspired by my obsession with human anatomy and biology, "Viscera" dismantles human exceptionalism while exposing our obsession with surface beauty. We spend our lives obsessing over the surface—perfecting skin, curating images—while the true engines of life, the organs that sustain us, remain unseen, unconsidered. Beneath the skin, our organs are indistinguishable from those of animals—lungs that expand, a heart that pumps, intestines that coil in the same primal design. Yet, we elevate ourselves, clinging to the illusion of superiority. 

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The act of tearing and revealing is a reckoning: the lungs that breathe, the heart that beats, the liver that purifies—all reduced to meat. The final chopping is not destruction, but recognition—breaking the illusion that we are something more than flesh. By treating the human body no differently than butchered remains, Viscera humbles us, forcing us to confront the truth: we are not divine, not untouchable, just another creature of organs and blood, fragile and temporary, like everything else that lives and dies.