//project four brief

I have decided to focus on the slow food movement for my fourth project. Slow food is an international movement founded by Carlo Petrini in 1986. Promoted as an alternative to fast food, it strives to preserve traditional and regional cuisine and encourages farming of plants, seeds and livestock characteristic of the local ecosystem. It was the first established part of the broader slow movement. The movement has since expanded globally to over 100,000 members in 132 countries. Its goals of sustainable foods and promotion of local small businesses are paralleled by a political agenda directed against globalization of agricultural products. [from wiki]

For me, the act of baking bread represents the ideals of the slow food movement perfectly. A baker combines simple ingredients, kneads the dough, and waits patiently it to rise before placing it in the oven. Baking calls for time, patience, and an appreciation for food, but provides a time for meditation, reflection, and visceral experience.

I will create a series of 3d printed ceramic rings which will house dough made from scratch. I will document the progression as the yest rises through photograph, as well as bake the rings once they've risen.