1. Klein's blue cocktail relates to the metaphoric nature of food to transmit ideas because one is consuming the blue cocktail. They are consuming the artist's idea and then releasing it.
2.Warhol's Campbell's soup piece says that after WWII America's relationship with food has become more about instant meals. Instead of taking the time to gather the different ingredients, doing the proper steps, and mixture of ingredients to create a meal, we rather just buy a meal already made. All that is needed is a microwave to quickly heat it up.
3. I think baking your own bread is a political act because if you can't bake your own bread then you have to get it from someone. Which means you have to depend on that person; and if you need to depend on somebody then you aren't truly free.
4. In Da Vinci's Last Supper, the table and food that was prepared for Jesus and his 12 disciples showed no distinction in culture, it was just a traditional dinner. Where as in Chicago's Dinner Party, the table and food was prepared for numerous women in history, fiction or real. In addition, each plate portrayed a range of ceramic, textile, and other woman's craft to honor their contributions.
5. Rirkrit Tiravanija's, Theaster Gates', and Michael Rackowitz's projects take advantage of the social aspect of meal-sharing to generate ideas and discussions because everybody loves food. Everybody loves to eat food. So if you have a meeting with food, different cultures would love to attend to eat and talk about their culture food, ingredients and such.
6. I thought that Bozhkov's "Befriend the Bacteria" project was interesting. He created a food that came from himself. Not necessarily making food out of your own stool because that is discarded from your body. He actually got bacteria from his inside and froze it as if he were to preserve himself. So it is very similar to the self portrait of bear witnessing because it will last.
Great Responses. You go right to the heart of the question in each case. Your response to the Judy Chicago piece makes think i might have missed the opportunity to ask about the significance of asking "who cooks for whom", because this is when table culture starts to speak to income disparity, politics, and what not. It is significant that Chicago gives the historical women places at a table,rather than locating them all on the steps of a Greek temple or something. As the traditional caregivers, the great women of history were often behind the scenes serving the show-boating, grand-standing guys in their lives.
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