She blew me away with her strong statements on food design, and how she looks at it.
Marije calls herself a food-artist, she designs food and re-invents it. "Nature food is all ready so perfect that it doesn't need an extra designer." Marije designs all acts that have to do with food and how we eat it. Food is her medium. Marije Vogelzang, that's rituals, habits, traditions, conversations and psychologies around food. Marije explains " When you design with food, you put this design later in your body. That's very emotional and strong".
Graduating from the Design Academy Eindhoven, Marije Vogelzang studied the highly specialized area of "eating-design". Gaining a reputation for her art, Eindhoven went on to work as a creative force for several food-related businesses before starting her design studio/restaurant Proef (tasting or testing) in Rotterdam in 2004.
When I heard Marije had two installations at Dortyart, we headed to Dordrecht to check it out ourselves.
First of all there was the 'PASTA SAUNA', an installation Marije brought to Dortyart as her existing piece (See post Dortyart part one)
The idea is that you join in as a visitor. The Pasta Sauna is a space you enter to get a bowl of freshly cooked pasta, while the boiling water steams the surroundings, creating a sauna. Not only will the pasta make you feel lazy and slow, but the sauna as well!
After you received your bowl with fresh pasta, you can add some basil, parmesan and other herbs to spice up your dish.
The girls making, preparing and serving the pasta are wearing fun jumpsuits with wing-fringes of pasta like tissue. It completes the experience. Ah, yes,and did we mention that the pasta-machines are also music boxes?
After the pasta installation, that she introduced for the first time in NY during Performa 09, Marije created another inspirational project, where again as a visitor you could join in and have a 'few' tastes yourself. So I did!
How does it work than?
Imagine hundreds of white rope pieces (5 km), attached to 24 glass pipettes filled with 24 unusual, unexpected flavors. The ropes are suspended from three cylinders that reach from the ceiling to (just above) the floor what gives a poetic, phantasy feel.
"I don't believe you" |
"What did I wanted to do next?" |
"How many pigeons are there anyway?" |
I tried tree of them (others were a bit dried out), and I must admit, not 'yummie' tasty, but worth the effort. Participating this experiment is fun, visual and stimulates trust and collaboration.
"More than a visually powerful installation, Teardrop is also a tool for human interaction and play", Marije confirms on her website.
Marije's Teardrop and Pasta Sauna were on show at DordtYart, a venue that holds it's winter sleep untill March 2014.
Wanna hear Marije explain how she works? Check out this video.
Maasstraat 11
3313 CR Dordrecht
Telefoonnummer: +31 (0)78 632 1200
E-mail: info@dordtyart.nl
3313 CR Dordrecht
Telefoonnummer: +31 (0)78 632 1200
E-mail: info@dordtyart.nl
©ALL photos by Kate Stockman & Ivan Missinne_THE SQUID STORIES
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