FOOD ART AND TECHNOLOGY| FINAL PROJECT

This course is an exploration of food and its relation to both art and technology. What we eat, how what we eat is packaged, our experience of what we eat and the systems of food production are intertwined with technology. Many contemporary artists are examining food as part of the content of their work. We will explore the intersection between food, technology, and art practice. Initially we consider the intertwined senses of taste and smell material for aesthetic production and attempt to use these senses as a medium for communicating ideas and messages. As citizens of a land grant university, we have the singular opportunity to experience and interact with cutting edge research in food science and agricultural production. To facilitate our experience of the production of food, the class will volunteer at UF Field and Fork Garden or local farms and non-for-profits as opportunities arise. We investigate a broad range of the research by visiting labs and gardens and talking with experts on the University of Florida campus and locally. Then we perform experiments and interventions with our surroundings as consumers, artists and researchers, gardeners, cooks, etc. with the intention of developing strategies to nurture and develop the final project: an interpretive display, poetic documentary or piece of communicative artwork

 

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Final Project