Food Age. Food as
Influencer displaces and disconnects food from its natural environment
— the private environment, where food is real, edible and part of
everyday life — to relocate it in the public sphere (the museum) as a
non-edible and non-conventional piece. Once reconfigured as a prop, food
becomes a model for the representation of possibilities. In this realm,
stripped of its basic nutritional or experiential functions, food can be
activated as an influencer and be able to change our daily routines by acting
through stimulating possibilities in the space between the real and our
imagination.
Food Age. Food as Influencer is the third exhibition in a trilogy that began
with On Flower Power (2019) whose concept was based
on the impossibility of incorporating empathy into artificial intelligence and
was represented through the display of flower vases. Intertwingled (2022) was the second exhibition.
The term “intertwingled” was coined by Ted Nelson in 1960 to define the
complexity, changeability and indeterminacy of hypertexts running on connecting
computers. The exhibition puts forward a vision of our globally
interconnected world using the carpet as a metaphor and also as an interface
that demonstrates and codifies a hidden complexity.
Food Age. Food as Influencer Featured Artist:
Marina Abramovic, Ferran Adrià, Sonja Alhäuser, Vanessa Beecroft, Barbara
Bloom, Fortunato Depero, Antje Dorn, Masanobu Fukuoka, Zhanna Kadyrova, Laura
Letinsky, Pau McCarthy, Piero Manzoni, Enzo Mari, Miralda, Agnieska Polska,
Arnaldo Pomodoro, Raquel Quevedo, Rachel Rose, Johanna Schmeer, Ansgar Skiba,
Transatlantic, Francesco Garnier Valetti, Ruben Verdú, Wang and
Soderstrom, Christopher Williams, Erwin Wurm.
From the museum collection:
Luigi Aversano, Guido Canali, Bruno Cassinari, Felice
Casorati, Pino Casarini, Pietro Chiesa, Primo Conti, Pietro
Galli, Franco Gentilini, Beppe Guzzi, Humphrey
Jennings, Mario Mafai, Roberto Melli, Francesco
Menzio, Giorgio Morandi, Giovanni Omiccioli, Pino
Pascali, Filippo de Pisis, Bruno Saetti, Fiorenzo
Tomea, Domenico Varagnolo, Giuseppe Vedova, Giuseppe Viviani.
Text: Martí Guixé 2023
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