Anna McGuffy Clark

Sonic Layer of Chocolate Production from Belize and Mexico to a Factory in Gowanus.

Description

“Fragile Matter” is a conversation between the sonic layers of chocolate production from Belize, Mexico to a factory in Gowanus. Chocolate is a medium laced with personal and cultural narratives; mythologized and commodified, sensual, exploitative, even perverse. The cacao bean’s growing universal and global presence and the stratification from high-end restaurants to convenience stores made it a desirable choice. All food stuffs carry hidden maps, distances traveled, empty spaces filled with noise. These are ingested, absorbed into us, mostly without our knowledge or consent.

Sound, also utilized here, is what some call “the forgotten flavor sense”. Research shows sound has a greater effect on taste perception and preferences then we currently assume. Sound also surrounds us in similar ways to food, all-encompassing, yet difficult to pin down. Hearing often gets neglected in the conversation around food. It is precisely this absence which leads me to use sound to engage momentarily with hidden markers of time and space

Classes

Food Systems: Interventions + Remediations