Tasteful
An Exhibition to be Eaten
You are what you eat? Netherlands-based design duo Mario Minale and Kuniko Maeda would have a view on that. Minale-Maeda is a concept and object design studio based in Rotterdam, Netherlands started in 2005 by Italian/German Mario Minale and Japanese Kuniko Maeda. Their work revolves around essentials and daily life.
To this innovative pair, food is as much a matter for the eyes as for the stomach and their subversive take on the aesthetics of gastronomy owes more to the school of Dada than Cordon Bleu. "Japanese French Fries" anyone? Or how about a Persian carpet created out of liver sausage, cheese, pickles, carrots and tomatoes? They have even designed a dress for Jean Paul Gaultier made entirely out of meat! Seeing is believing — Kwun Tong's APM mall gets its first taste of avant-garde art, put on specially for culture-hungry shoppers.
Tasteful Dresses:
200 pieces of pork jerky
Each Weight: 36g
Overall Weight: 7.2 kg
Tablecloth (Sliced bread sewed into tablecloth)
100 slices of toast bread
Each Measures: 12 x 10cm
Overall Size: 120 x 100cm
Lacy Bar Floor (Chocolate carpet):
300 pieces of chocolate bar
Each Measures 8 x 16cm
Overall Size: 200 x 200cm
Event Details:
Showing: October 1-7, 2007
At: APM shopping mall
Location: 418 Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
Hours: 12:00pm – 2:00am
Presented by: APM, Minale-Maeda and IdN