Thursday, November 8, 2007

senior project idea - FOOD!

I finally know what I want to do for my senior project. I cleared my minnd and thought about something that i either really HATE or i really LOVE - the point is to chose a topic that i felt very strongly about. Ideas like marriage, family, health, etc came to mind... But as my train of thought continued, it hit me... I love FOOD!!!

I am someone who lives to eat, not eats to live. I love everykind of food in the world, there is nothing I can say that I really dont enjoy. Luckily, I am a person who is at a good weight for my age and height - another reason to love food, i can eat as much as i want and i dont really gain anything.

I did some research on food art, and below are some images I came up with. They are modern and fun, and create sculptures. The last one even forms an architecture:


A different kind of food art has happened many years ago, where artists such as William Hughes created still lifes of fruits on oil on canvas, or the one below this picture that was done by a Dutch artist named Balthasar van der Ast dating all the way back to the 1500s:


As you can see, all of these examples from my research portray food as fun, tempting and good things. For my senior project, I want to change the meaning of food not in just my opinion, but more most people. I will change the meaning into something that is NOT good, and maybe even use food as my medium! It is something that has never been done before!

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