Class #6 Followup: Translation--Food as Metaphor and HW Assignment Due next class (Wed APRIL 23!!!)

Watch the online lecture below, then answer the following questions in a blog post:

1. How does Yves Klein’s blue cocktail relate to the metaphoric nature of food to transmit ideas?

2. What does Andy Warhol's Campell's Soup piece say about post-WWII America's relationship to food?

3. What do you think about the Bread & Puppet theatre idea that baking your own break is a political act?

4. Compare Judy Chicago's "Dinner Party" to Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper".

5. Describe how  Rirkrit Tiravanija's, Theaster Gates', or Michael Rackowitz's projects take advantage of the social aspect of meal-sharing to generate ideas and discussions. 

6. What do you think about Daniel Bozhkov's "Befriend the Bacteria" project? Why did he create such a bizarre foodstuff? What should our relationship be to this yogurt and how does it relate to the history of the "self-portrait" and the idea of the artist 'bearing witness'?

HW. Cooking up a Story (Due Wednesday, April 23rd)

1. Think of a recipe or dish that is important to you or your family, especially one that carries with it a story about your culture, your family, or defines you and your worldview.

2. Make the dish and document the process in several photographs. 

3. Make a blog post that includes the recipe, the cooking directions, the documentation photos of the dishes' preparation, and the story behind this dish, and the occasions that you've prepared or eaten it. Plus, describe as specifically as you can what it's meaning is and how the ingredients or preparation translates this meaning to someone sitting at your table. 

4. Be prepared to present your dish next class (following Spring Break we have an irregular class day, Wed April 23rd, same time, same place)