Beautiful Possibility Elixir Social at the West Side Market
Do you feel worried about the future? Do you experience depression, insomnia, exhaustion, or anxiety? No – this is not an advertisement for a new drug, but an art project that explores “Americanitis.” “Americanitis” is a condition that was first diagnosed in 1869 as a nervous condition resulting from rapid modernization. This condition was later exploited by medicine shows that [...]
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PhoEf – Edible and Sustainable Solar Cells…. In Your Mouth
When I was at the Camp Pixelache event in Helsinki, Finland in May I learned about a unique project involving energy and food. On the Pixelache website, it had an article that talked about a past workshop called Temporary photoElectric Digestopians WorkLab which was aco-creation worklab with research based experimentations on the transformation of light energy into electric energy with [...]
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A “Collective Cake” and Local Food – Artist and Cultural Producer Milanda Sipos
At Camp Pixelache, the festival/unconference event that I attended last month in Helsinki, Finland, I got a chance to talk to Melinda Sipos, who was an artist in residence in the Pixelache Micro-Residency program. Melinda is from Budapest, Hungary, and has recently been doing projects about food and sustainability. The group Pixelache turned 10 this year – and at the [...]
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Kbaumlier Food Images on a Billboard in the Detroit Metro Area until June 24th, 2012
Yesterday the Digital Billboard Art Project went live - a project where artists can submit images to be displayed on a public digital billboard. I have 45 images that are showing startinh yesterday, May 28th, and will run until June 24, 2012 in the Detroit Metro area (Macomb County), MI. I submitted slides about food – and made a series [...]
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Smog Tasting With Egg Whites: The Center of Genomic Gastronomy
Ever get a mouthful of smog? In big cities, people breathe it every day. The Smog project by The Center for Genomic Gastronomy explores the taste of smog – by whipping up egg foams in cities with lots of smog, like Bangalore. Why egg foams? Egg foams are 90% air – so in making an egg white, you can actually [...]
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