Gastronomad #9 May-June 2012

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There are numerous collateral events that accompany the Festival throughout
its duration, the most important of which is a singular exhibition. While last year,
the Festival organized an exhibition of contemporary art - Mangia l’arte (which
means Eating art) – that gathered together works of famous artists based around
traditional Italian food (from which several images are shown here), this year’s
initiative is itinerant and is called Sport your Food.
2012’s idea is the following: 5 chefs and 5 artists will produce a unique performance
inspired by 5 Olympic sports. The chefs will produce a recipe, the artists
will create a work of art and a video and in a game of holograms, the output of
the chefs and artists will engage in a dialogue, crossing art and cuisine.
The inauguration of the exhibition takes place in Milan in May 2012 and will
be shown in important art galleries and other locations like the renowned food
store Eataly in New York. From February 2012, the exhibition will make stops in
Milan, New York, Los Angeles and London – just in time for the Summer 2012
Olympic games.
It will be the ideal stage from which to call attention to the phenomenon of migration
and food as an instrument of dialogue between different cultures, which
is one of the stated aims of the Festival’s creators.
http://www.imafestival.com/