Current: LA Food – Design, τέχνη και διατροφή

Τρόπους με τους οποίους η τέχνη και το design μπορεί να μιλήσει για θέματα που έχουν να κάνουν με την τροφή, την προέλευσή της και τη διαθεσιμότητά της εξερεύνησε η τριενάλε Current: LA Food στο Λος Άντζελες.

Κάθε μία από τις 15 εγκαταστάσεις, που τοποθετήθηκαν σε δημόσια πάρκα στο Λος Άντζελες, είχαν ως θέμα την τροφή σε μια πόλη όπου η αυξανόμενη αβεβαιότητα για εύρεση στέγης πάει χέρι-χέρι με την αυξανόμενη ανασφάλεια εξασφάλισης τροφής.

Η κομητεία του Λος Άντζελες έχει τον μεγαλύτερο πιο ανασφαλή, ως προς την εξασφάλιση τροφής, πληθυσμό σε όλες τις ΗΠΑ.

Οι προϋποθέσεις για χρήση γης, σε συνδυασμό με τις ανεπαρκείς δημόσιες συγκοινωνίες αποθαρρύνουν καταστήματα τροφίμων από το να ανοίξουν σε πυκνοκατοικημένες χαμηλών εισοδημάτων συνοικίες της πόλης.

Το υπουργείο -σε επίπεδο Πολιτείας- Πολιτισμού οργάνωσε σε συνεργασία με το Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) LA την τριενάλε που ολοκληρώθηκε στις 3 Νοεμβρίου.

Η Current: LA Food περιλάμβανε εργαστήρια για αναζήτηση τροφής, για τον θηλασμό και την παρασκευή ψωμιού, μεταξύ πολλών άλλων, ενώ οι περισσότερες εγκαταστάσεις της έκθεσης ήταν λιτές.

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Meet DCA CURRENT:LA FOOD community partner Los Angeles Eats Itself. Created by Jason Keller, they describe themselves as “a dinner series where cuisine and LA noir merge like freeway on-ramps into a savory digestible history. As food rapidly becomes an aesthetic experience of choice, cities are increasingly seen through the lens of their edible itineraries.” Experience Los Angeles Eats Itself with artists Julio César Morales and Max La Rivere-Hedrick's public art exhibition premiering as part of CURRENT:LA FOOD on Saturday, October 5 until Sunday, November 3. For more information go to currentla.org #CURRENTLAFOOD #CURRENTLA #DCA Photo Credit: Jason Keller Los Angeles Eats Itself Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs ICA LA (Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles) Saturday, October 5 until Sunday, November 3. For more information go to currentla.org.

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@nariward’s Enchanted Servers metaphorically sets the table to celebrate and reflect on how food is served. Located in #LeimertPark, this totem sculpture made of food plate covers and jacks evokes LA car culture, food trucks, and DIY music instruments. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This Saturday, Oct 26, 12-5pm, enjoy #SouthLA food trucks, a photo booth, and performances by the S.H.I.N.E. Mawusi Women’s African Drum Circle at the installation. Final Enchanted Servers event is Saturday, Nov 2 from 12-5pm. On view now through Nov 3 for #CurrentLA. RSVP at the #linkinbio | #icala #publicart #nariward #losangeles #laart #wardstudio

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Performance: Muscle House Cookbook • A diverse group of artists have contributed recipe versions of new and existing artworks to an artist’s cookbook. At this event, these recipes are performed by facilitators using four handball courts as theatrical stages next to #MuscleBeach in Venice. Presented by @humanresourcesla. Tomorrow, Sat, Nov 2, 6-8pm. RSVP at the #linkinbio | #icala #publicart #venicebeach #losangeles #contemporaryart #laart

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@eat.non.food’s functioning algae bioreactor is housed in a greenhouse located onsite at the Orcutt Ranch. Throughout #CurrentLA FOOD, live micro-algae have grown and multiplied, observable by the changing shade and density of green within the water. The bioreactor creates the perfect environment for algae to grow, and they double in size every 24 hours. Like other plants and organisms, the cell structure of the resulting microalgae comprises oils, carbohydrates, and proteins that provide a nutrient-dense food source while removing carbon from the atmosphere. See it now until this Sunday, Nov 3. Hours: Saturday & Sunday 10am-2pm) | #icala #publicart #bioreactor #algae #losangeles #laart

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Sunday, November 3 is the last day of #CurrentLA Food! Scroll through to see part two of the events happening on the final day, and don’t miss out on viewing installations by 15 artists at parks throughout the city. Visit currentla.org for all the details 🙌 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟯 (Photos in order of list) 🔸Chapter 5: Futuro of New Shores by @jcm_3000 & @__max_one__, 5:30-8:30pm, @barnsdallpark. Take part in this multisensory meal and performance and glimpse of the future. This night considers an unknown future, given the drastic changes in our global environment, with @poeticresearch, @kelly_mija & @frenchismexican from @lascafeteras, @kiyooooooooomi & #JonathanMandach 🔸From Seed to Earth with @patinafabio, 11am-3pm, Orcutt Ranch Horticultural Center. Bring a picnic and discover the parallels between plants and humans and their cycles of birth, life, and death. Learn through the combined knowledge of Hey Baby Feminist Parenting Group, @seedlibraryofla, @fordhousekitchengarden @foodforward @lacompost @tembilocke 🔸Algae Bioreactor 1: Open Hours by @eat.non.food, 10am-2pm, Orcutt Ranch Horticultural Center. Nonfood’s algae-harvesting greenhouse presents an underexplored alternative food-production option for sustainable and nutritious products. 🔸Art of Food: A Recipe for Community with @centerfortheartseaglerock, 11am-5pm, Exposition Park Rose Garden. Take part in an enchanted picnic and painting experience, pop-up food poetry, vegetable printmaking, and heritage chocolate making. 🔸 Rainbow Transmissions #2 by @goldendomeschool, 2-5pm, Pershing Square. Discover the deep personal, social, spiritual, and political ways that we can experience food and drink. Performances by the Rainbow Chorus (Thaddeus Pedisich, Estela Sanchez, Edgar Fabián Frías, Eliza Swann, Laura Stinger), Fawntice Finesse, and Breadwoman (Anna Homler and Jorge Martin featuring Maya Gingery). 🔸Crown, Neck, Root with @_nancy_lupa_, 5-7pm, Pershing Square Hard to Read and @fifidunks invite readers to explore excavation, regeneration, consecration, and the motif of teeth. And, don’t forgot to take our survey for a chance to win $100! #linkinbio | #icala #contemporaryart #publicart #art

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