Nineteenth International Conference on the Arts in Society

Abstract

The world has never been so accessible and yet so isolating. There is an increased need for truly human connected experience. Food and aesthetics are an ideal pathway to the things that make people most human like the senses and gatherings and that enraptured feeling of floating when a person is having a really good time. Visual literacy is increasingly important in digital spaces, but sensorial literacy is equally as relevant in creating emotional and activated connections to each other and issues of the day. Many social justice problems are due to a lack of exposure and relatability to one another and many environmental concerns feel far away if you are not directly confronted with the consequences. Food and environment are intrinsically linked to global production chains and twenty-first century challenges. As an interactive workshop presentation, the aesthetics and potential for participatory experiential spaces will be contextualized and practiced through a series of activities.