In Arts
& Foods. Ritual since 1851, catalog of the exhibition curated by
Germano Celant at La Triennale di Milano Foundation during EXPO2015, is published
the text of Guido Andrea Pautasso : The
total art of the futurist kitchen.
The Universal Exposition, 'Expo', will take place in Milan from May 1 to
October 31, 2015 hosting 130 thematic areas as well as numerous ngo's
and associations.
The theme of this edition of Expo is "Feed the Planet. Energy for Life".
For this occasion, the company responsible for organizing Expo 2015 has
allocated a themed area which will host "Arts & Foods", a huge
exhibition curated by Germano Celant, organized jointly with the Milan
Triennale and with a layout designed by Italo Rota.
The exhibition, which will unfold in the areas within and around the
Milan Triennale, will focus on the many kinds of visual, sculptural,
object-oriented and environmental languages which, since 1851, when the
first Expo exhibition took place in London, until today, have centered
on food, nutrition and convivial experiences.
A global overview of the intricate weave of elements of esthetics and
design which have affected the rites of eating, like the dining-room,
the market, food for travel, from picnics to food for consumption in
space, bars and cafés, cooking utensils and machines associated with
food, toys for the kitchen, alternative and global food phenomena. An
international exhibition which, thanks to the presence of acclaimed
masterpieces, marches across the avant-garde art movements from
Impressionism to Cubism, from Futurism to Surrealism, from Pop Art to
Fluxus, bringing us right up to contemporary art. To do so it will
resort to various media - architecture, design, the cinema, photography,
literature, music and television¿ - thus enabling us to travel through
time, from the past to the present, at every level of expression,
creativeness and communication from every cultural area.
For the occasion, an exhaustive publication with be produced in two
editions (Italian and English), with graphics curated by the Irma Boom
Studio, containing about 50 essays by authors of international renown
and several hundred images illustrating the topics and languages covered
by the exhibition.
