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JULY: 22 GOOD FOOD Screening at Exit Art
Exit Art has invited Media That Matters to screen GOOD FOOD, a collection of short films and animations about food and sustainability, along with the film “Every Third Bite” from MTM8. This special screening is part of the exhibition Consume at Exit Art.
Consume, a project of SEA (Social Environmental Aesthetics) , investigates the world’s systems of food production, distribution, consumption and waste. With fuel prices fluctuating and climate change causing monumental shifts in weather patterns, we have been forced to rethink our methods of food production and distribution. Natural disasters have wiped out entire crop cycles (the rice supply in Burma and the wheat harvest in Australia) and experts are saying that a global food shortage is imminent. The prices for wheat, corn, rice and other grains have steadily increased since 2005, causing food riots and hoarding from Morocco to Yemen to Hong Kong. The New York Times recently reported an estimate that Americans waste 27% of the food available for consumption. What are some possible solutions to these mammoth problems?
Q and A to follow with a representative of Media That Matters. $5 suggested donation. Cash bar.
Curated by Papo Colo, Jeanette Ingberman, Lauren Rosati and Herb Tam.
THURSDAY, JULY 22 / 7-9pm
LOCATION:
Exit Art
475 Tenth Avenue at 36th Street
New York, NY 10018
T: 212.966.7745
A, C, E to 34th St / Penn Station
www.exitart.org
Published on July 8, 2010
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