EAT ME: Exhibition at Trapholt – Museum of Modern Art and Design, Denmark, 23 September 2017 - 21 May 2018
By Karen Grøn, Director and Curator, Trapholt, Phone: +45 5134 1295 - kg@trapholt.dk
Trapholt, Museum of Modern Art and Design introduces EAT ME - an exhibition about how we understand ourselves and the world through food. Food is the super metaphor of our time. Using food, we can comment on practically anything: social problems, cultural habits, our identities, our understanding of nature, setting boundaries, our sensibilities and our visions of the future. The exhibition EAT ME introduces more than 60 artists and designers.
The "sense table" at Creative Tastebuds
Central to the exhibition EAT ME at Trapholt is a large ‘sense table’. At the table, those visiting Trapholt can experience the exhibition in a direct way, on their own bodies. What is taste? How do the surroundings affect our taste experiences? What will be the food of the future? There will also be introduction to the exhibition through film and possibility to look at and order the extensive catalogue with articles by
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EAT ME is sponsored by A.P. Møller Fonden and Augustinus Fonden.