Rituals of Hunger

Comfort in symmetry, repetition and order. Crafted portions built in layers like us. Desire is tidy and measured.

Disposable yet holds something to quiet the mind full of flavor. The chaos organized with the container.

Layer, transformation. Being covered makes it protected and comforting, with heat changing the form. Steady to receive abundance and settles.

Honesty in something whole. No disguise. To face the whole is to confront our place in the scheme.

Life begins with a loop part of something that continues. Endless loops of appetite and everyday repeats.

Same desire expressed in two versions. One Cool and One Seared and Glowing. We live in different forms sometimes simple, sometimes showy.

Heat and Bold with color. Days we crave intensity and spice, but the touch of sweetness makes everything fine.

Green breaks through the heat like hope. Contrast lends harmony and balance.

Artist Statement:

Rituals of Hunger explores food as a ceremony and how we navigate desire, indulgence, control and consumption and responsibility. The Sushi box portrays order, control and containment through symmetry and repetition. The take out box displays excess with heavy sauce and urgency with the packaging a world driven with more quantity than quality. The schnitzel represents layers of protection and transformation under pressure. The whole squid with no disguise forces acknowledgement of responsibility. The calamari rings highlight cyclical and repetitive patterns in life. The paired sushi rolls symbolize simple versus grand, two ways of life. The spicy fried dish represents contemporary culture, seeking high intensity and instant gratification. The last fried dish with green onions shows freshness breaking through scorch and the hope of balance. The goal was to reflect on our own rituals, consumption and responsibility towards our environment.