Centogrammi

The work takes its title from the amount of food that an average Italian throws away every day, quantified and highlighted by the very research that inspired it and that represented the first census of food waste in Italy. The installation thus becomes an inquiry into the concept of balance as a key to fair nourishment to be contrasted with the ancestral desire for abundance. The screen reproduces a series of filaments symbolizing various natural environments. As the audience approaches, a complex interplay of geometric and sonic interactions between the filaments and their own silhouette comes to life, until the visitor becomes aware of the proper size of the food to be purchased.

References

Left - Meno spreco alimentare, più salute e tutela dell’ambiente
Sprecozero: official site

Credits

Concept, code development, music: Paolo Scoppola
scientific coordination: Luca Falasconi, Università di Bologna, Silvio Franco, Università della Tuscia