Hester Bonnie. A beautiful name.
I take it into my mouth.
It comes from the same place where bread is chewed and swallowed.
I’m not sure what she thinks of that.
She might hear her name emerge from that same cavity where food is placed, ground down and mixed with saliva.
Meanwhile, in a bakery, a dog licks a loaf of bread.
The owner is now obliged to buy it.
The licked loaf, the cashier looks up its price: fourteen euros, fifty cents.
Hester Bonnie Bulthuis researches intimacy, presence, and listening. Until March 22, 2026, she continues developing her one-on-one performance In de Naam (In the Name) at S.A.C. 80 in Maastricht.