Liena Vayzman: Food, Art, and the Politics of Agriculture in Contemporary Social Practice
@ The DePaul University Art Museum
2350 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, September 23rd, at 2PM
How do artists activate dialogue on the cultural politics of food and agriculture? This talk pinpoints an invigorated flowering in current U.S. art practice, with global implications: food as site for discourse and action. In the context of sustainability imperatives and climate change concerns, public attention is drawn to the politics of food production and distribution. The talk will demonstrate how artists lead the way to action with vital, diverse strategies. Artists function as farmers and cultural critics; interrogate the origins and processes of the food we eat; and link to green movements, heralding a change in zeitgeist. The use of food in art practice deploys strategies of collaboration, de-materialization, social interaction, sustainability, urban agriculture, and cross-cultural cuisine. Bringing Victory Gardens to City Hall and worm bins to museum lobbies, transforming lawns into vegetable gardens and breaching cultural divides through shared recipes, artists catalyze expanded awareness of possibilities for arts civic engagement.
Talk by Liena Vayzman.
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