COLLAGE ABOUT FOOD

This collage is a compilation which emphasizes the importance of food represented in 8 different categories.

The first category was “Performing arts”. We chose the poem called “The Walrus and the Baker's Man” -by Lewis Carroll because it illustrates in a funny manner the joy of eating and the food required.

On the other hand, for the Music category, we selected a rap about ordering food at McDonald’s. We considered it a very creative way to include all the dishes of this restaurant in one song.

Next, for Architecture, there is a picture of a Stadium made with processed meats, cheese and sandwiches. We believe it is a piece of art as a result of the detail with which it was made, as well as the imagination to get together all the ingredients to build it.

Then, for the Literature category, we picked the book “Like water for chocolate” by Laura Esquivel because the plot is a love story, influenced by the magic of the recipes of the woman.

Later, we chose the video of the decomposition of fruits for the Photography section, since we agree that there is also beauty in letting time pass and watching the results of it, like a metaphor of aging.

Also, we thought that the movie Ratatouille is the perfect example of how food can mean joy of living and treasuring the small things. For that, we considered it for the Cinematography category.

However, for the Painting section, we selected a still-life piece of art called “Portrait of Rodolfo II” by Arcimboldo. We liked it becaus it represents with a lot of fruit the gestures and muscles of the human body.

And the last, but not the least, we found the swan out of cut apples appropriate for the Sculpture category. Maybe it is smaller than other sculptures, but that doesn’t mean it is not a piece of art for the originality it projects. 

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Personally, food is my weakness. Therefore, it was a pleasure for me to search for artistic ways of representing food. Also, I liked the app ThingLink to make our collage more interactive. I consider it a very interesting tool to give our work another perspective.