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Partake Columbus

Gard, Jennifer Hansen
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1437330175

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2015, Master of Fine Arts, Ohio State University, Art.
In my thesis work, I investigate the social web surrounding our ecological, cultural, and personal relationship with food. My work addresses the growing concern for health and sustainability in a consumer-driven society. As we turn away from whole foods and move towards a diet full of processed foods served in plastic and Styrofoam, this gradual shift has impacted the way we think about what we eat and how we eat it. I use the ceramic vessel and human experience as a way to investigate the shift in society’s relationship to food, eating, and the meal. My studio work is a consideration of form, function, and color of the ceramic vessel. These physical objects fuel community- oriented social impact projects in which the vessel serves as a catalyst in creating a dialogue around food. Through use, the vessel has the ability to elevate the food we consume and asks the viewer to reconsider what they eat, where it comes from, who they share it with, and how food affects our body and the earth. Partake Columbus is a time-based project in shared eating. The course of the exhibition spanned thirty-three days and engaged seven individuals from different neighborhoods throughout the city of Columbus, Ohio. Each participant shared a meal with someone every day for the duration of the project using a sharing set of dishes. Their stories were recorded through daily posts on a group blog. Partake Columbus brought attention back to the meal as something nourishing to be shared and experienced together. The project can be viewed at partakecolumbus.wordpress.com.
Rebecca Harvey (Advisor)
Todd Slaughter (Committee Member)
Jeff Haase (Committee Member)
46 p.
Fine Arts
Ceramics; Art; Social Practice; Socially Engaged Art; Community; Shared Meals; Food

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  • Gard, J. H. (2015). Partake Columbus [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1437330175

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Gard, Jennifer. Partake Columbus. 2015. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1437330175.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Gard, Jennifer. "Partake Columbus." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1437330175

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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