3rd Millennium Ingestion, 2023/24, presentation and reading excerpt from part 1, printed and bound in studio Rotterdam, Netherlands
3rd Millennium Ingestion
2024/23
Artist book by FGSR and Stephen Kerr, Rotterdam/Dublin. 116 pages, 6600 words, found papers, self made papers & Kasaka Schetspapier 90gr., unpublished edition of 7, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
‘3rd Millennium Ingestion’ is an artist book in collaboration with Stephen Kerr that explores ingestion, digestion, and identity in a tangible manner in design and writing. This 116-page object, bound with found and selfmade papers, is sized seven times smaller than my home fridge. It tells the story of Ele, founder of the Taste Institute and living inside the fridge. His orderly world gets disrupted by expired and talkative Haribo Tropifrutti gummies. The story unfolds a journey that blurs food and non-food, lifeforms and artificial ingredients, reflecting industrialized food culture and personal taste. Using the fridge as a microcosm of contemporary consumption, the narrative examines how this cosmos within the fridge shapes our bodies and beliefs.
Content:
Abstract
Introduction
1. Life Amidst Fridge
2. Professional Taste
3. AI: Artificial Ingredients
4. Expiry On The Loose
5. Conscious FEED
Bibliography
Colophon
Acknowledgement
List of images