“It was a pleasant cafe, warm and clean and friendly, and I hung up my old water-proof on the coat rack to dry and put my worn and weathered felt hat on the rack above the bench and ordered a cafe au lait. The waiter brought it and I took out a notebook from the pocket of the coat and a pencil and started to write"

~Ernest Hemingway~

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

FEAST

One of my friends who is pursuing art at St. Norbs sent me this link, and I found it very interesting. I've discussed food and the dining experience in relation to relationships/communications with Kelsey in the recent past, but this exhibit at an art museum in Chi-town takes it a step farther. I feel as though I would like to try out this concept--making a meal a sort of performance art, making it memorable and enlightening. I think this face-to-face connection is often lacking in modern society, and I'd like to change that-- at least in my own life.

http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/exhibitions/feast/

-the link for videos is at the bottom of the page & these are particularly awesome. They do an excellent job of showing the diversity of radical hospitality projects.
Hey, my brother sent me this link today. Basically, this artist creates these sculptures and then submerges them into the ocean where they eventually become a part of the landscape! Isn't it amazing (and slightly eerie, too)?!