International Festival
of Computer Arts

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Project

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  • 30th MFRU
  • Social Nourishment Court
Artists Simon Browne, Alice Strete
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Welcome to the food court, a traditional gathering space where people eat a variety of meals, or not. While remembering our own experiences of eating in food courts, we also recalled doing other things there, killing time, studying, or resting. Traditional food courts, cafeterias and eating areas are spaces where people eat a variety of different meals. They are also public spaces with a very particular aesthetic and differ from restaurants where it is not possible to stay for a prolonged period of time without buying anything or to combine food from different places on one table.

In preparing this work, we asked ourselves what the future of a food court could be. Outside of a capitalist function of generating rent and revenue, could it be a place for commoning, and forming community? Could you bring your own food and imagine other activities in the food court? Culture plays a large part in determining how one orients oneself towards food and cooking. Hunger is an impetus for cooking, not just to satisfy hunger, but to find pleasure in food and share it with others. We came here to find out, and sample the results. Food not included.