Yesterday's potluck.
Eating is a vulnerable activity. When eating is shown in art, it indicates humanness. Seeing someone eats adds relatability and dimensions to their character, this tactic can smartly be used in movies, for example, showing a villain who eats an ice-cream in a normal manner, not caricatured, would add curious sympathy to their often hidden humanity.
To show humanity is not only displaying the wholesome beauty of living, but also the struggles that entails. To have compassion for a villain does not only mean showing the pleasurable, relatable side of consuming food, but also the ugly, universal act of surviving. How do we add and demand this dimension to more art pieces, so that we move away from romanticization and celebrate the new era of truthful humanity?
About Food x Beauty x Shame project
This video is a quick test for my project on Food x Beauty x Shame, where I discover the intimate yet hidden stories of shame behind food. The project is an effort to heal collectively from emotional, body-shame and start meaningful dialogues on real problems around the usually fantasized subject, food.
If you want to be a part of the project or know someone who would be a good fit, please don't hesitate to let me know! My heart fills with gratitude. I will update more soon.
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