Anarchy in the Kitchen: Umami Food & Art Festival 2010

Anarchy in the Kitchen Umami Food & Art Festival February 24 – March 14, 2010 Tickets: $15 Available through this site or this one. Tel: 212-868-4444 Umami Food & Art festival is proud to bring together masters of cooking with technology, chefs Nils Noren and David Arnold from the French Culinary Institute with the cutting-edge art and technology organization Eyebeam. Chefs Arnold and Noren will prepare and serve cocktails and tastes with the aid of new technology—stretching the notion of the “art of cooking.” The demonstration will be accompanied by a screening of short performances, punctuated by videos, culinary remixes and sonic projects designed to refresh the audiences’ palate. The performance brings together a diverse group of artists exploring the intersection of edibility and aesthetics, technology and cuisine, and prose and produce. Over the course of the evening, edible books will be read and consumed, kitchen aids will be used to generate a musical score, newspaper will be transformed into soup, and lemons will be used as a battery source to whip meringue. “By bringing these artists together with culinary professionals through performances, discussions and workshops, we wish to expose them to new audiences while stirring a debate around the role of food and food professionals in our society. Our intention is to use art to increase awareness of the power food has to influence and shape both diners and cooks,” said festival director Yael Raviv. Anarchy In The Kitchen will be hosted at Eyebeam Art + Technology Center, 540 W. 21st St., NYC, March 5, 2010 at 6:30PM. Participating artists in the performance series screening include: Graham Coreil-Allen, Steve Bradley, Bradley Chriss, Adam Good, Carolina Mayorga, Lisa Moran, Rebecca Nagle, Tim Nohe, Natalia Panfile, Casey Smith, and Shannon Young. Curated by Laura McGough. The performance is filmed and screened out of University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). Schedule: 6:30PM: Cocktails 7:00PM: Screening 8:30PM: Feasting Full program of Umami Food & Art Festival 2010 here Press page: http://www.umamifestival.org/press/ Press images: http://tinyurl.com/yfve9vx Photos from the evening.