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Industrial Harvest

Chris Kennedy wrote this post at 10:00 pm on December 5th, 2009.

Sarah Kavage, a Seattle-based artist and urban planner is currently at residence at InCUBATE in Chicago. While there, Sarah will be developing the project Industrial Harvest:  An Exploration of Growth, Exchange and Rebirth in 3 Acts.

Industrial Harvest will begin with the purchase of 1000 bushels of wheat on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  The wheat will be distributed in the Chicago area in a series of intimate performance actions designed to personalize the massive system of industrial food production, exchange and distribution. Kavage will be conducting research and interviews, peering into the guts of the systems of production, exchange and distribution that shape our relationship to food.  She will also be doing hands-on, performative acts around the themes inherent in the final piece, namely baking, cooking, growing and gifting.  Participants and collaborators in these early actions are welcome!  For more, see: http://industrialharvest.wordpress.com

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