"In Context:public.art.ecology: Food Edition II" a multi-disciplinary art show at KHOJ International Artists' Association, S-17, Khirkee Extension > 11am-7pm on 18th-23rd April 2013
Time : 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
Entry : Free
Event Description : Khoj International Artists’ Association presents
'In Context:public.art.ecology: Food Edition II' a multi-disciplinary art show that explores the notion of food through performance art, interactive installations and events.
Seven artists from around the world who are showing their work done during a month long residency at Khoj Studios are Agat Sharma (India), Ambica Joshi (India), Andre Wakko (born in Brazil and lives in Berlin), Mia Morikawa (born in Japan and lives in USA), Catherine Mcmahon (New York), Lipika Bansal (India) and Rainer Prohaska (Austria). The exhibition aims to re-examine the significance and relevance of food in our current social and cultural, collective and individual milieu, celebrate its intrinsic connection with our bodies and our selves, and explore it as a primary ritual that fosters engagement, interaction and collaboration. Alongside a critical examination of issues surrounding the politics of 'food', the residency offers an opportunity to engage stimulating conversations around the discourse of food through employing food as artistic medium incorporating it in performance, art installations or in interactive events, cooking up some exciting ‘food for thought’.
Says Asmita Rangari, curator of the show: “We are what we eat. This old time saying sums up our long-standing relationship with food. Food besides being a subject of endless passionate discussion within our personal and most intimate lives, has historically, been a significant indicator of our cultural, ecological and social realms. Being an intrinsic expression of our cultural identity, food has often been employed as a measure of our standing in society, defining and determining social norms and thereby used as a means for discrimination and oppression. It has brought about as much exclusion as it has assisted us in breaking down of cultural barriers, while nourishing and offering us comfort. The production, distribution and consumption of food is fraught with complex issues ranging from industrialization to globalization. For some, the notion of food conjures painful memories of hunger, deprivation and struggle. Our relationship with food although uncomfortable has been deeply personal, rendering new meanings and understanding of our bodies, pleasures and desires, fostering warmth and a sense of well-being. We associate food with some of our most memorable times, full of joie de vivre, in the company of others. Food is an integral and almost inseparable part of our sharing and exchange.”
28-year-old, Jaipur based Agat Sharma and 25-year-old, Udaipur-based Ambica Joshi have worked for their project titled Edible Ontologies modeled on a shopping mall with shopping and eating as the two main methodologies. Says Sharma: “The installation will provide a complete retail experience to a viewer who will be encouraged to produce their own retail products as they make their individual choices. Complete with a billing desk, hundreds of bottles with edible products like marmalades, cookies, candies etc, this work emphasizes that the body performs the processes of shopping, very conscientiously, industriously, meticulously and attentively. The body also knows eating. The system of digestion is a well-practiced method. It is through the complex processes of shopping and eating that the body thinks about itself.”
34-year-old Lipika Bansal who lives between Delhi and Netherlands has for her project titled Chatpati Stories investigated together with young women from Khirki village their relation with local food culture, eating habits, food routines and recipes. For her art installation, she has used seven steel tiffin boxes that will store photographs, recipes and digital audio stories that have been created in collaboration with the local women. These food related dialogues will open up avenues for cultural exchange. This direct interaction enhances understanding for each other and forms the basis for a strong involvement between the locality and its people. “We have used creative research methodologies, such as (digital) storytelling and - writing and (mobile) mapping. This artistic research process uses mobile technology to disclose the themes of cultural food identities from various perspectives. It will foster environmental, food related awareness and a passion for local urban edibles.”
New York based Catherine Mcmahon is all set to enact a piece of performance art that explores the role of the technology and politics behind food production and consumption. She says: “The history of food as it arrives on one’s plate is fraught with a long history of cultural evolution, conflicts, and uneasy compromise. Utilizing the form of the feast, I have created a living, sensorial, and participatory archive that examines the history of technological influence over food production in 20th century India, specifically in the context of the Green Revolution and the Indian Space Program (both complex signifiers of an independent and self-sufficient nation state).
The most ambitious work, perhaps, belongs to the team of 29-year-old Andre Wakko (from Germany) and Mia Morikawa (from Japan) who have worked together for their project titled Aqua de beber (translated loosely as water for drinking). The installation is a room-sized water-purifying tank fitted with sound sensors which will use tap water and then filter and purify it. The next step would be to pass it through various salts and crystals located from Delhi and finally use it as drinking water. “This is an interactive installation where people can create their own water recipes. The sound sensors will also create music for the ears, just like the music of flowing water. Moreover, it’s all in a loop so not a drop will go waste,” says Wakko. The concept is to talk about recycling of water and excessive water consumption.
The other monumental work belongs to 47-year-old Austrian artist Rainer Prohaska who blurs the line between performance and installation in his work titled Spices? An interactive cooking performance. Around ten cooking stations, replete with simple cooking instructions will be spread over the five levels of Khoj building with each station being interconnected with plastics pipe that allow people to pass on the raw material from each station. “I would, along with the audience, cook a very European style dish without spices. While in India, spices are an integral part of the cooking. The idea is to make people communicate about food without much talking.” Rainer’s temporary kitchen space, hence, is an interactive cooking performance that brings people from different kind of social levels and interests together. The audience does not merely watch the artist preparing and cooking meals but are part of the performance themselves and therefore create the necessity of working and collaborating together to produce a meal.
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Place : KHOJ International Artists' Association, S-17, Khirkee Extension, New Delhi - 110017
Area : SaketEvent Description : Khoj International Artists’ Association presents
'In Context:public.art.ecology: Food Edition II' a multi-disciplinary art show that explores the notion of food through performance art, interactive installations and events.
Seven artists from around the world who are showing their work done during a month long residency at Khoj Studios are Agat Sharma (India), Ambica Joshi (India), Andre Wakko (born in Brazil and lives in Berlin), Mia Morikawa (born in Japan and lives in USA), Catherine Mcmahon (New York), Lipika Bansal (India) and Rainer Prohaska (Austria). The exhibition aims to re-examine the significance and relevance of food in our current social and cultural, collective and individual milieu, celebrate its intrinsic connection with our bodies and our selves, and explore it as a primary ritual that fosters engagement, interaction and collaboration. Alongside a critical examination of issues surrounding the politics of 'food', the residency offers an opportunity to engage stimulating conversations around the discourse of food through employing food as artistic medium incorporating it in performance, art installations or in interactive events, cooking up some exciting ‘food for thought’.
Says Asmita Rangari, curator of the show: “We are what we eat. This old time saying sums up our long-standing relationship with food. Food besides being a subject of endless passionate discussion within our personal and most intimate lives, has historically, been a significant indicator of our cultural, ecological and social realms. Being an intrinsic expression of our cultural identity, food has often been employed as a measure of our standing in society, defining and determining social norms and thereby used as a means for discrimination and oppression. It has brought about as much exclusion as it has assisted us in breaking down of cultural barriers, while nourishing and offering us comfort. The production, distribution and consumption of food is fraught with complex issues ranging from industrialization to globalization. For some, the notion of food conjures painful memories of hunger, deprivation and struggle. Our relationship with food although uncomfortable has been deeply personal, rendering new meanings and understanding of our bodies, pleasures and desires, fostering warmth and a sense of well-being. We associate food with some of our most memorable times, full of joie de vivre, in the company of others. Food is an integral and almost inseparable part of our sharing and exchange.”
28-year-old, Jaipur based Agat Sharma and 25-year-old, Udaipur-based Ambica Joshi have worked for their project titled Edible Ontologies modeled on a shopping mall with shopping and eating as the two main methodologies. Says Sharma: “The installation will provide a complete retail experience to a viewer who will be encouraged to produce their own retail products as they make their individual choices. Complete with a billing desk, hundreds of bottles with edible products like marmalades, cookies, candies etc, this work emphasizes that the body performs the processes of shopping, very conscientiously, industriously, meticulously and attentively. The body also knows eating. The system of digestion is a well-practiced method. It is through the complex processes of shopping and eating that the body thinks about itself.”
34-year-old Lipika Bansal who lives between Delhi and Netherlands has for her project titled Chatpati Stories investigated together with young women from Khirki village their relation with local food culture, eating habits, food routines and recipes. For her art installation, she has used seven steel tiffin boxes that will store photographs, recipes and digital audio stories that have been created in collaboration with the local women. These food related dialogues will open up avenues for cultural exchange. This direct interaction enhances understanding for each other and forms the basis for a strong involvement between the locality and its people. “We have used creative research methodologies, such as (digital) storytelling and - writing and (mobile) mapping. This artistic research process uses mobile technology to disclose the themes of cultural food identities from various perspectives. It will foster environmental, food related awareness and a passion for local urban edibles.”
New York based Catherine Mcmahon is all set to enact a piece of performance art that explores the role of the technology and politics behind food production and consumption. She says: “The history of food as it arrives on one’s plate is fraught with a long history of cultural evolution, conflicts, and uneasy compromise. Utilizing the form of the feast, I have created a living, sensorial, and participatory archive that examines the history of technological influence over food production in 20th century India, specifically in the context of the Green Revolution and the Indian Space Program (both complex signifiers of an independent and self-sufficient nation state).
The most ambitious work, perhaps, belongs to the team of 29-year-old Andre Wakko (from Germany) and Mia Morikawa (from Japan) who have worked together for their project titled Aqua de beber (translated loosely as water for drinking). The installation is a room-sized water-purifying tank fitted with sound sensors which will use tap water and then filter and purify it. The next step would be to pass it through various salts and crystals located from Delhi and finally use it as drinking water. “This is an interactive installation where people can create their own water recipes. The sound sensors will also create music for the ears, just like the music of flowing water. Moreover, it’s all in a loop so not a drop will go waste,” says Wakko. The concept is to talk about recycling of water and excessive water consumption.
The other monumental work belongs to 47-year-old Austrian artist Rainer Prohaska who blurs the line between performance and installation in his work titled Spices? An interactive cooking performance. Around ten cooking stations, replete with simple cooking instructions will be spread over the five levels of Khoj building with each station being interconnected with plastics pipe that allow people to pass on the raw material from each station. “I would, along with the audience, cook a very European style dish without spices. While in India, spices are an integral part of the cooking. The idea is to make people communicate about food without much talking.” Rainer’s temporary kitchen space, hence, is an interactive cooking performance that brings people from different kind of social levels and interests together. The audience does not merely watch the artist preparing and cooking meals but are part of the performance themselves and therefore create the necessity of working and collaborating together to produce a meal.
Related Events : Exhibitions
"In Context:public.art.ecology: Food Edition II" a multi-disciplinary art show at KHOJ International Artists' Association, S-17, Khirkee Extension > 11am-7pm on 18th-23rd April 2013
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