Assignment #2 //Collage Question
Dana Gordon, 2019.
This assignment was a visual exercise in the context of FOOD.
The students were asked to build a speculative concept: a world or an object, using the medium of collage. Tell a story that suggests discussion and debate about anything related to this meta-topic.
We hosted Myriel Milicevic, Dr. Jean-Baptist Labrune, and Dr. Joëlle Bitton for the students' presentation of their collages and questions. The guests gave valuable feedback and helped the students further their line of thought.
Biran Shaar & May Recanati //Women Oppression in The kitchen
Despite the progress women made in many areas, the kitchen which is often the heart of a woman’s identity, remains a place for oppression and aggression toward women
Does women's food work in the kitchen gives them power in the family or maintain their subordinate gender roles?
How to redesign the kitchen as an alternative space which encourages equality, protects and empowers women?
How to integrate the socio-cultural context in the design of new technologies for the kitchen?
Adi Frug & Adi Gilad //What is My Food’s Food?
We do not know what our food eats.
Research show that many areas suffer from soil contamination. Our soil actually feeds our food.
The food that grows on the trees or lives on the earth.
The infection does not give us clues, our food looks delicious and healthy, but sometimes its real story is hidden. So, Is what you see not what you eat?
The collage shows the periodicity of the eating chain, raises questions, what lies behind the food we eat and what the soil contains in which we sow and grow it. The system is an endless system that feeds itself.
Yael Vangelder & Avia Fuchs //Food + Privacy
“When you invent the ship, you also invent the shipwreck; when you invent the plane you also invent the plane crash; and when you invent electricity, you invent electrocution … Every technology carries its own negativity, which is invented at the same time as technical progress.”
- Paul Virilio
“We're seeing that people don't have a lot of control over whether they share this information with their network.”
- Camille Cobb, 'I saw you were online': How online status indicators shape our behavior
Considering the role of technology and social media in our lives, is it possible to choose privacy?
Can privacy invasions be used for the greater good? Where are the boundaries?
How do technology & social media impact our perception of privacy?
Does the feeling of constant exposure impact our consumption? If so, how?
Daphna Abulafia & Yaron Dinur //Food Classes
80% Of agriculture land is used for the meat industry
150,000 Orangutans died as a result of the palm oil industry (since 2002)
42.4% Prevalence of obesity in the USA 2017-2018
34% Lower chance of suffering from heart diseases if you consume fruits and vegetables
35% Of US households grow food at home, or in a community garden
Food classes - are food classes a result of socio-economic status alone, or is there a way to “escape” your class under different circumstances?
Disruptive food chain - How can we as individuals understand the damage that processed food is causing not only to our own bodies, but to the world’s ecosystem?
Lilach Spivack & Dror Zuckerman //Entomophagy
If they don't have bread
Entomophagy - the practice of eating insects.
They’re high in protein, low in cost, eco-friendly and tasty. Entrepreneurs are promoting insects as the next super-food, chefs as delicacies, scientists say they can solve world hunger. What if we believed them?
A new food industry
How can we enjoy the ecological and environmental benefits of introducing insects into human nutrition, without producing a new industry that could eventually outweigh those benefits?
Is it an insect if you can’t see it?
Can we reduce aversion to eating insects by hiding their form factor?
Michelinsects - Insects for those who can afford it
Could Entomophagy become a fine-dining experience, or a pass-time hobby for wealthy gatherers?
Amit Carmeli & Amnon Graitzer & Eran Dvir //Gender Equality & Food
Bulimia Nervosa
Generally refers to women but Men also suffer from this eating disorder.
Men athletes are likely to experience Bulimia 2-3 times more than non athlete men.
Bulimia can be detected through damaged teeth.
Men are ashamed and tend to avoid seeking help in comparison to women.
In a society where vomiting is just another method to release stomach discomfort, will it still consider an eating disorder?
What if we weren’t ashamed of bulimia? What would we design for a world of people running to the toilet anywhere, anytime?
In a society where eating disorders were redefined, would the dietary method today be considered an eating disorder?
How will the beauty model evolve so that eating disorders will not be a factor nor a goal?
Denis Trayman & Daniel Goldblat //Selfishness & Food
1.3 billion tons per year of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted globally.
Enough to feed 26 billion people!
Or in other words, Enough to feed the whole world population for 4 days.
How does our consumption affect our food habits?
Are our resources private? Or public?
Can we imagine an alternative way to share our resources?
What if food was free? Or a monopoly?
Food is considered a pleasure and sometimes a luxury. But what if it had a bad taste? Would we treat it differently?
We are now storing food, almost compulsively. But what if we could get the exact amount needed per a person each day?
Bat Primo & Maor Bluman //Food & Empathy
Eating Robots
Humans eat animals; because of traditions, norms, education, and taste.
Humans eat animals; although it risks health, harms our planet, and considered inhumane.
Vegan advocacy that contains graphical images of abuse and suffering fails to promote change.
Robots are social, manufactured entities, that we don’t consider as food.
Does this project feel wrong? Cruel?
Do human feel empathy towards robots?
Can we change human attitude towards animals using robots as an analogy?
In the future, should robots be a valid food choice?