Ruokahävikki -näyttely / FoodWaste / Matsvinn

Arviolta yksi kolmasosa maailmassa tuotetusta ruuasta päätyy ravinnon käyttämisen sijaan roskiin.

Taiteilijat Filippo Zambon ja to kosie käsittelevät valokuva- ja videoteoksissaan ruokahävikkiin liittyviä ristiriitoja. Jätteet voivat muuttua taiteilijoiden käsissä esteettisiksi elämyksiksi ja toisaalta taide voi kuvata pinnan alla tapahtuvaa salailua.

Näyttely avoinna 22.2.-28.5.2017
Helsingin kaupungintalon Virka-Galleria,
Sofiankatu 1, 00170 Helsinki

Food Waste

It is estimated that around one third of all food produced around the world is wasted each year. Through their photography and video art, artists Filippo Zambon and Katarzyna Kosieradzka have turned their attention to the contradictions inherent in food waste. In the hands of these artists, waste can be transformed into aesthetic experiences and yet, simultaneously, art also has the power to lay bare the secrets hidden below the surface.

Filippo Zambon: Into the Bin

Into the bin is the first part of an ongoing project about the effects of waste on society and the environment. The project aims to expose and criticize the consumerist attitude of a part of society and the mentality of the business market, which consider profit as the only achievement.
The first part of the project is about food waste. The photographs depict the contents of supermarket trash bins. The images represent waste food as beautiful “nature morte” that aesthetically contrasts with the policy of immediately disposing of expired or almost-expired items.
Most of the food disposed of by grocery stores is still perfectly edible.
read more: http://pvf.fi/en/team_member/filippo-zambon/

to kosie: trash

When does food become trash? Is it the moment when it is thrown into the trash bin? to kosie’s video work titled ’trash’ was inspired by her experiences as a waiter working breakfast shifts at various hotels in Helsinki. to kosie couldn’t believe the amount of food she was throwing away after hotel guests had finished their buffet-style breakfasts. Taking home the perfectly edible and untouched food was forbidden, so in the evenings in order to save money, to kosie would go dumpster diving and take food from supermarket trash bins.
Using a spy camera, to kosie decided to record the two opposite actions she was practicing almost daily.
read more: http://pvf.fi/en/team_member/to-kosie/

The exhibition forms part of the Festival of Political Photography 2017. Read more about the festival and its photographers: http://www.pvf.fi/en

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