In this design-research studio on edible matters, we are examining and designing the future of our food systems through a multispecies, multisensory, and multiscalar approach. Food is a composite web of the ecological, ethical, political, cultural, and affective. It is also the material embodiment of an incredibly complex but largely invisible assemblage of trophic encounters between different living species. Yet humans have intellectually positioned themselves outside the food chain, despite being host to millions of microbial organisms that are both nourished by our interiors and exteriors, and are essential to our survival. As a planetary system, imagining the future of our food-web is necessary to understanding how to live (and die well) in the crises we have created.
Student Researchers:
Anna Avdalyan, M.L.A Candidate
Paige Buckner, M.L.A Candidate
Viraj Chauhan, M.L.A Candidate
Joyce Ji, M.L.A & M.U.P Candidate
Jeremy Joo, M.L.A Candidate, Certificate in Building Science
Paul Kim, M.L.A & M.A in Heritage Conservation Candidate
Eva Malis, M.L.A Candidate
Lingli Meng, M.L.A Candidate
Adrian Porter, M.L.A Candidate
Zoe Wang, M.L.A Candidate
Nina Weithorn, M.L.A & M.A in Spatial Sciences Candidate
Jingting Xu, M.L.A & M.U.P Candidate