Food, food culture, food as culture and the cultures that grow our food

The amazing
Sprout (loves) Ikebana
contest

January 10, 2007

Debra Solomon's Amazing Sprout Ikebana Contest (Grow Yer Own Dang Food micro-green cuisine restaurant at the Mediamatic Night Garden Nov 4, 2006 - Jan 7, 2007
Choreographer Martin Butler’s winning entry for the category, ‘Fleugalité (bamboo leaf, sango sprouts, rock chives, pea shoots)

The amazing Sprout (loves) Ikebana contest was carried out in honour of chef de cuisine Tal Amitai, who was not able to be with us this last week due to the loss of his beloved grandmother. Our thoughts are with you, Tal.

Debra Solomon's Amazing Sprout Ikebana Contest (Grow Yer Own Dang Food micro-green cuisine restaurant at the Mediamatic Night Garden Nov 4, 2006 - Jan 7, 2007
Mediamatic’s amazing Marco Wessel created this vernacular-style photoshoot installation

Debra Solomon's Amazing Sprout Ikebana Contest (Grow Yer Own Dang Food micro-green cuisine restaurant at the Mediamatic Night Garden Nov 4, 2006 - Jan 7, 2007
The winner in the category Solomon’s Oordeel (Solomon’s Judgement) uses embroidery and the world’s first new media technology, the lens. Bravo!

Debra Solomon's Amazing Sprout Ikebana Contest (Grow Yer Own Dang Food micro-green cuisine restaurant at the Mediamatic Night Garden Nov 4, 2006 - Jan 7, 2007
Paparazzi, who is NOT in this picture?

Debra Solomon's Amazing Sprout Ikebana Contest (Grow Yer Own Dang Food micro-green cuisine restaurant at the Mediamatic Night Garden Nov 4, 2006 - Jan 7, 2007
Mrs. Cameron (the artist formerly known as Karin Ras) wins the category, ‘Simplicité (fork, sango, pea shoot, pea asparagus, rock chives and anise sprouts)

Debra Solomon's Amazing Sprout Ikebana Contest (Grow Yer Own Dang Food micro-green cuisine restaurant at the Mediamatic Night Garden Nov 4, 2006 - Jan 7, 2007
Writer and jury member Aya van Caspel photographs Mrs. Cameron’s entry for the category, ‘Simplicité


Debra Solomon's Amazing Sprout Ikebana Contest (Grow Yer Own Dang Food micro-green cuisine restaurant at the Mediamatic Night Garden Nov 4, 2006 - Jan 7, 2007
Curator Arne Hendricks styles and photographs his entry for the category, ‘Perversité’

Debra Solomon's Amazing Sprout Ikebana Contest (Grow Yer Own Dang Food micro-green cuisine restaurant at the Mediamatic Night Garden Nov 4, 2006 - Jan 7, 2007
Women on Waves artist-activist Rebecca Gomperts works with materials she understands the best. L’chaim!

Debra Solomon's Amazing Sprout Ikebana Contest (Grow Yer Own Dang Food micro-green cuisine restaurant at the Mediamatic Night Garden Nov 4, 2006 - Jan 7, 2007
Artist-activist and over-achiever Rebecca Gomperts says of her winning entry for the category, Animé-mécanisé, ‘Making a robot was completely liberating, like the first time I reconstructed a diesel engine.’ Vroom, vroom.

Debra Solomon's Amazing Sprout Ikebana Contest (Grow Yer Own Dang Food micro-green cuisine restaurant at the Mediamatic Night Garden Nov 4, 2006 - Jan 7, 2007
Jury members working it from l to r: Marlein Overakker, Aya van Caspel, Paul Groot and beautiful Asian girl who was not in the jury, but was so pretty that I didn’t edit her out of the image

Debra Solomon's Amazing Sprout Ikebana Contest (Grow Yer Own Dang Food micro-green cuisine restaurant at the Mediamatic Night Garden Nov 4, 2006 - Jan 7, 2007
Mediamatic superstar system operator Marco Wessel photographs an entry in the Amazing Sprout (loves) Ikebana Contest

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1 Comment »

  1. so, do you *eat* it?

    Comment by vanessa (of vanesscipes) — January 11, 2007 @ 16:53


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