Battery 2
Morning.
Even though I didn’t go on total hunger. I feel the effects of eating the restrict amounts very much. I basically dream with food every night, but food is always a bit monstrous and out of proportion in the dreams. Last night I dreamed I was eating myself, my fingers, the corners of it, big pieces… then I got scared and decided to hide the pieces I haven’t eaten yet. Continue reading “28.12.2013”
MENU
Globalized food ENTREE
Quinoa with exotic fruits and Tarragon in Vinegar
Ingredients from: China, Japan, Chile, Colombia, Spain and Hungary
Potato SOUP from not traceable source
Product packed in Holland and bought in Lidl. Grandmother recipe made with love.
MAIN DISH Microwaved Cheese Burger
Label: Mcennedy, American Way. 95 cent Product
Honest DESERT
Koliva made with Romanian Pearl Barley (locally produced and brought to Belgium by the cook.
BON APPETIT!
The End of Personality.r – workshop by Various Artists
“I am a female, I live alone. I just finished a training and work as an assistant marketeer in a middle-shark company. I have a relationship with a man who might not love me. I love my mother. I eat fruits and chicken, no bread or vegetables and my lover takes me out to restaurants. I donʼt have time to cook much. I have a bit of an eating disorder. I just bought a Nintendo DS so my boyfriend stays with me and it also helps to calm my lonely hours. I throw my old pictures away. I was too fat. I will be beautiful again.” (Personality.f)
Join Various Artists in this special and limited one of a time Christmas edition of the End of Personality.
Get a glimpse of the future workshop “The Selfish Artist”!
And gives us a quick call if you want to join. It’s running full!!!!
Tel: 0478/317552
OBJECT NR 002
TERM: Uniform
PROPERTY OF: Rares Craiut
This kitchen uniform is a second hand object that belonged to somebody in Germany before. The one who wears is meant to produce something because the uniform represents a working status cutting the person out of the environment. Continue reading “OBJECT 002 (L)”
for 12 participantsIf you want to join the dinner, please write to hope@bureaudespoir.org
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In the last years Bureau d’Espoir has been looking into different strategies to deal with the loss of control we experience in our relation to food. Global food industry, the implosion of the local food markets, health issues and ethical questions keep us occupied all the time. In response to this feeling of loss of control Bureau d’Espoir has developed Hunger artist and Anorexic strategies.
The anorexic dinners are an invitation to come and take part in the preparation and consummation of a dinner that tries to rethink the logics of our food consumption, and also make this an enjoyable experience.
If you want to join a dinner, please write to hope@bureaudespoir.org
FOOD & HUNGER
Marcella.B & Elke Van Campenhout
1) Food and art production
Knowing about food and where our foods come from, or even knowing what exactly it is we are eating, has been the leveller for a new movement of engaged and interested citizens-artists who want to come to an understanding of the different factors that are running the all-encompassing trade of our alimentary products. Talking about global food production, we must come to the conclusion that making ‘healthy’ decisions is an almost impossible task. Faced with the everyday realities of food miles, (the lack of) farmer’s organization or union support, the huge gap in economic power between the industrialized mega-states and the (often poor) production regions, the carbon footprint of global distribution, the non-ecological industrialized farming methods and the subsequent constant production of toxins, the limited range of possibilities of the ‘fair trade’ label etc, we come to the conclusion that eating healthily and taking care of your body does not necessarily mean you are taking care of the community nor the environment. Taking into account the situation of the workers that are producing your food for less than the money they put into their work, as a direct result of the so-called ‘free trade’ (but heavily subsidized) food policies promoted by the strong industrial food powers, it is hard to find your way around the shopping isles of your supermarket. But even the neighborhood shop or farmer’s market is not above suspicion. In the food industry nothing is what it seems. Continue reading “food & hunger (2012)”
