It's Armory Show week in New York, which means there's art all over the city, including at Verge Art Fair at the Dylan Hotel.
There, you can see wildspace and the work of Eliza Stamps, known in these parts as Daughter #2, along with her colleagues, Emily Bolevice, Carissa Carman, and Crystal Gregor
Friends, Miamians, art lovers, lend me your palates.
Take a walk over to the Verge Art Fair until Dec 6 and enjoy the artistic interpretation of food - both visually and digestively - in this food-as-performance-art presented by Wild Feasties, "a collective of artists and naturalists...who[se] ... installation projects focus on creating and consuming delicious, local foods."
An interview with Wild Feastie (and daughter #2) Eliza Stamps (the other Feasties are Carissa Carman and Emily Bolevice) appears in full at Mango&Lime blog. A taste, so to speak:
How did Wild Feasties come about?
We are a collective that began hosting food events from a summer at Chashama North, a residency in Pine Plains, New York. We are all artists and naturalists, invested in the excitement of collaborating and resourcing innovatively.What can people expect during Art Basel?
We will be presenting The Leafy Green, a tasting of delectable, innovative, yet incredibly simple local food.In the context of Art Basel, we hope to delight the senses of a fresh market, with curiosity, generosity, play, community and nourishment, to offset the hyper-consumerism of art fair culture.
Heading to Miami for Art Basel and its associated fairs in early December? There, at Verge Art Fair, you can enjoy the aesthetic of consumption (and say hello to one of its creators, Daughter #2):
Wild Feasties is a loose collective of artists and naturalists who all engage with food within their creative endeavors. These endeavors may take place in the studio, in the kitchen, or out in the world. Through our events, we aim for our guests to have an artful food experience; one that stirs the senses, both literally and figuratively. Our cuisine is typically simple, with an emphasis on celebrating the incredible taste of farm fresh vegetables. Wild Feasties events emerge from the location upon which they are set. The menu is determined entirely by what the harvest brings.
At Verge, Miami the Wild Feasties presents a dining experience in an unusual location, using whole food ingredients, where participants are asked to engage and follow a series of instructions and ritual to share a delectable vegetarian meal. Wild Feasties uses the routine of eating as a way of inserting instruction, interactivity, natural foods education, wild food concocting, tasting, experimenting with taste, seasoning with potions, and bringing a sense of true nourishment in a moment of chaotic artistic social affairs.
Three weeks plus six days ago, Lake and Finn were born, eight weeks premature.
Many people have written asking how they're doing and, as I generally don't write specifically about family matters on the blog, I haven't been inclined to post about them. However, I can always make an exception or two when a picture says everything.
But first: both boys are perfectly fine. Absolutely no medical problems, for those of you who have worried on our behalf. Nothing wrong except they're little and very young. Both are home; Lake has been for over a week; Finny came home last Friday. And now life really begins. Our friend, Priscilla Harmel, a fabulous photographer, has taken many pictures of them already, including the second one.
No matter how far apart they are when they're put down,
they seem to gravitate toward each other
And intertwine
Lake was really happy when Finny came home
We were too.
New work
in Daughter #2's aptly named "Knots" series
Knot To Be Rude, ink on paper, 6"x8", 2009
This Is Knot How It's Supposed to Be, ink on paper, 6"x8", 2009
Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave
ink on paper
4.5" X 5"
2009
New website from Daughter #2. New work. New projects. New band. New cookbook-in-the-works. Etc.
