Emily Smith

This piece explores an unconventional material by using food to explore a space that is both unhealthy and confining.  The cave reflects the idea of the toxicity in the processed foods that are abundant in our society today.  A lot of the foods presented as easily consumable or “ready-to-go” are full of preservatives.  Overall this is not a healthy alternative to foods that need to be prepared by the consumer.  One way that this is translated in the piece is the fact that none of the food inside the work goes bad although it has been sitting out in the open air for an extended period of time.  There is also a sweet smell that at first can be pleasant, but when a viewer is around the smell for too long is often overwhelmingly nauseating.  The entire world is a play on the words “unhealthy environment” and the only non-edible elements are the light source and the human forms placed in the piece.  This work is not intended to be humor-based, but rather examine how getting stuck in the routine of surrounding yourself with ready-made overly-processed foods is not healthy.