The Italians know romance, especially when it comes to food. They’ve already come up with a sumptuous combination of caffeinated cake, cream and cocoa layers in Tiramisu. This literally means ‘pick me up’ and it is said that Venetians ate this for the energy to make love all night. Children of the world have been exposed to Disney’s animated film Lady and the Tramp. And we still envision long strands of spaghetti joining two hungry lips. What else have they come up with to ameliorate those ravenous nights of unfulfilled dreams?
Art and design crashed into the food mix and they said to one another, “Sei la mia anima gemella”. You are my soulmate.
Marry the essence of these three sparks that permeate our very existence, throw them together into an institution with the minds of Vito Gionatan Lassandro and Gabriela Cistino and we celebrate the birth of a foxy child, FOODAM. The Food Design and Art Museum launches its first project exhibition, entitled Food For Future, this Spring.
“Based on the view that relations exist between food, design and the arts: one gives the opportunity for the manifestation of the others. In a world characterised by a surplus of information, there is no such thing as food without design or imagination without product. Food and nutrition, are among the most appropriate subjects for reflection on society…The analysis goes beyond the body to the very centre; just as with food: we ingest substances to create culture.”
A call for entries
Any visionary can apply and submit a project for potential exhibition until March 4, 2011. It’s free!
“It could be a product or a prototype, a book or a infographic, a website or a process, a taste or a scenario, a restaurant or a recipe. Food talks about our life. Its future will change our world.”
