HW# 6

1. How does Yves Klein’s blue cocktail relate to the metaphoric nature of food to transmit ideas?

Yves blue cocktail relates to the metaphoric part of food because as explained in the earlier slides, although food is something that contains of ingredients that can not be so appealing to the eye you are taking it all into your body. Yves took it all in, changed "cell by cell" as stated in the slides and because of this he peed blue for days, showing the metaphoric nature of food.

2. What does Andy Warhol's Campell's Soup piece say about post-WWII America's relationship to food?

I believe Andy Warhol's piece say that post- WWII America's relationship to food became disconnected from the pleasure of cooking. Found a fast way of eating, this peice shows a variety of different flavor Campell Soup. Although it is soup, people still have many options to choose from.

3. What do you think about the Bread & Puppet theater idea that baking your own bread is a political act?

I strongly agree with the Bread & puppet theater idea, baking and making your own foods is something that should be enforced. It can help and prevent many things in the world today. If your disconnected from food then you are not entirely free, food makes you work harder and be a little bit more curious and interested in what you are actually taking in.

4. Compare Judy Chicago's "Dinner Party" to Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper".

Dinner Party and the Last supper are in a way similar, not only the point of a supper table and having people sit together. I believe the most important similarity between the two works is having communication of who is there and why. Having everyone all in one place there is a reason for that, the last super had Christ and his 12 disciples the most important people in his circle and in The Dinner Party, important women were to be seated at the lengthy table.

5. Describe how  Rirkrit Tiravanija's, Theaster Gates', or Michael Rackowitz's projects take advantage of the social aspect of meal-sharing to generate ideas and discussions. 

The importance of meal sharing really is shown in Rikrit, Theaster's and Michael's work being that they all have the same task and goal at mind. The goal they are trying to persuade and get to the viewers is that they all in the end of all the confrontation, and problems they all have something in common and thats food. The value of eating together, getting the food together it plays a role. For examplem the way Michael takes advantage of the social aspect of meal sharing to generate ideas and discussioins is by forming this business while the US went to war with Iraq. During this time is was great to get people together to make them know that they too are people. They too are fighting to get by in this life.