PLANETARY INDIGESTION: public conversation series w/ Center for Genomic Gastronomy

The Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery at UC Santa Cruz invites you to PLANETARY INDIGESTION, a series of public online talks in 2021-2022 with the Center for Genomic Gastronomy (CGG), artists-in-residence with UCSC’s OpenLab and the Genomics Institute.
All lectures are free and open to the public with student participation strongly encouraged.
 
November 19, 12pm–1:30pm PT
ABOUT US: Introducing the Center for Genomic Gastronomy
Online event: Register here
The first online lecture will provide an overview of the Center’s projects including Smog Tasting, where air quality is mapped by way of harvesting air to make meringues.
 
February 4, 12pm–1:30pm PT
UNEXPECTED INGREDIENTS: Smog Tasting, De-Extinction Dinner and Glowing Sushi Cooking Show
Online event: Register here
 
April 1, 12pm–1:30pm PT
THE AIR IS ALIVE: Civilizational Anxiety and Climate
Online event: Register here
 
June 3, 12pm–1:30pm PT
FRAME/SHIFT: From Microbial to Planetary
Online event: Register here
 
The Center for Genomic Gastronomy is an artist-led think tank launched in 2010 that examines the biotechnologies and biodiversity of human food systems. 
 
Their mission is to: 
– map food controversies 
– prototype alternative culinary futures
– imagine a more just, biodiverse & beautiful food system.
 
The Center has collaborated with scientists, chefs, hackers and farmers in Europe, Asia, and North America. They present their research about the organisms and environments manipulated by human food cultures in the form of recipes, meals, publications and exhibitions. Their work has been published in Science, Nature, Gastronomica and We Make Money Not Art and has been exhibited at the World Health Organization, Kew Gardens, Science Gallery Dublin, V2_, MU and the V&A Museum.
 
The Center consists of Cathrine Kramer (Norway), Zack Denfeld (U.S.) and Emma Conley (U.S.) and is based in Portugal and the Netherlands. Their current research initiatives include: prototyping a Norvegan National Dish and mapping, tasting & cooking with crops smoke-tainted by wildfires.

Last modified: Nov 18, 2021