Food, Relations & Realities

Categories

Foodscape Installation

Client

MUSEION-Museum für moderne und zeitgenössische Kunst Bozen

Project

Museion Art Club: OPEN FORUM Tentative Friction

Services

Conception Art Direction Installation Design Cooking

Year

2025

The installation explores food as a social, cultural, and ecological phenomenon that shapes our relationships with ourselves, more-than-humans, the built environment and society. It highlights inequalities in access and meaning, inviting participants to reflect on the power structures of food systems and the politics of food.

The installation explores food as a social, cultural, and ecological phenomenon that shapes our relationships with ourselves, more-than-humans, the built environment and society. It highlights inequalities in access and meaning, inviting participants to reflect on the power structures of food systems and the politics of food.

How does food shape social structures? Which rituals bring us together and which divide us?
Who has access to which kinds of food? Who determines that access?
How do inequalities influence our food culture?
What ecological traces do our dietary habits leave in the Anthropocene?

How does food shape social structures? Which rituals bring us together and which divide us?
Who has access to which kinds of food? Who determines that access?
How do inequalities influence our food culture?
What ecological traces do our dietary habits leave in the Anthropocene?

What memories, traditions, or emotions do we associate with specific foods?
What food futures can we imagine and which ones do we want to cultivate?
How do local agricultural systems affect what and how we eat? How do our eating habits shape the landscape and built environment we inhabit?

What memories, traditions, or emotions do we associate with specific foods?
What food futures can we imagine and which ones do we want to cultivate?
How do local agricultural systems affect what and how we eat? How do our eating habits shape the landscape and built environment we inhabit?