Week 6 - Chelsea Market Challenge

This week students were challenged to create a piece of artwork in just a few hours during class time. They were given a modest budget to go shopping at nearby Chelsea Market and had to create a food-related art piece during class.

Daniel works on his fruit hybrids







Viviann at work on her egg mice



Rob works on a chocolate and chili edible painting




Lala and her bread sculpture.



Boyan works on his "Apple a day" installation





Pamela and Rob put the finishing touches on their pieces.






At the end of class we had our first critique.

Rob's edible chocolate and chili paintings; chocolate, ancho chili sauce, edible glitter, popping sugar






Boyan's "An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away"; chewed and whole apples, bowl, video






Jiawen's food artifacts; pizza, donuts, Romanesco, seaweed, various seafood, take-out food containers, plastic sheeting, hot glue




Daniel's exquisite corpse fruit mash-ups; various fruits, bamboo skewers, string




Lala's architectural bread sculpture; bread, breadsticks and straws




Lisha's piece which asks "Would you rather eat chocolate-flavored shit, or shit-flavored chocolate?"; bananas, nutella, xanthan gum, cotton candy



Viviann's edible mice; hard-boiled eggs, chocolate licorice, cheese






Pamela's piece also included a performance; flatbread, jam, tomatoes





Post-performance




Yedda's floral constructions in chocolate bowl; kale stems, tomatoes, chocolate, plastic wrap




Zihong's piece also included a performative aspect; inflatable turkey, food-themed wrapping paper, aluminum foil

FOR NEXT TIME

Next week midterm projects are due and we will hold critique of the projects during class time. Don't forget to include all aspects of the project for your midterm project presentation.