If Robots could Eat: A Pedagogy on Late Capitalist Eating and the Future of Food Design
2022Interactive journalism, html, css, java script, speculative design
Capitalist dining, however you call it, is an incredibly abstracted yet pervasively prevalent ritual within the daily American consumption. Overtime, this ritual of consumption has transformed into a new system meant for profit; a world of corporatist capitalocene. As of 2022, society (especially the United States) has entered late capitalism where the presence of the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated obsolete capitalism which has been taking over the world since the late 1800s.
In terms of profit over human lives, we are simply spectators, witnessing wealthier western nations hoard vaccines as those living in developing countries suffer. As far as food goes, food systems are incredibly flawed. Hunger is still incredibly prevalent to those in the “bottom of the triangle”, but poverty is exponentially increasing while the rise of neo-feudalism is slowly becoming a reality; modern democratic states are reversing back to th elite-takeover of systems of finances after the financialization of the economy.
In terms of profit over human lives, we are simply spectators, witnessing wealthier western nations hoard vaccines as those living in developing countries suffer. As far as food goes, food systems are incredibly flawed. Hunger is still incredibly prevalent to those in the “bottom of the triangle”, but poverty is exponentially increasing while the rise of neo-feudalism is slowly becoming a reality; modern democratic states are reversing back to th elite-takeover of systems of finances after the financialization of the economy.
Part I: Ramen is a Capitalist Noodle Soup
Artist’s Book, Instant Noodle Cover
Part II: Late Capitalist Dining
HTML, CSS, Javascript
read it yourself here at www.anoodlesociety.com
Drag Me ^^^^^
Part III: The Meal of the Laborer
Edible Product Design
what would food look like in a dystopian, late capitalist world where eating becomes a burden to the economy? a food replacer? do we only need the taste, not so much the actual ingredients?
homemade biodegradable plastic, nuts etc. (refer to nutritional fact above for ingredients)
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup Oats
- 1/4 cup Cashew Nut
- 1/4 cup Walnuts
- 1/4 cup Sunflower
- Handful Raisin
- 2 tbs Sugar (optional)
- A pinch of salt
- 1 packet Gelatin (can be substituted with Agar-Agar
- Water
- Honey (optional)
- Blend nuts, raisin and oat in an immersion blender or a chopper
- Boil water, gelatin, honey, salt and sugar
- Pour 3-5 tablespoons of the gelatin water into the nut mixture
- Preheat oven to 200F
- Shape the ‘bars’ into desired shape
- Put in oven for 1-2 hours.
- Let cool and store in bioplastic
Part IV: Futurability of Government Rationings through MEALS
UI Designwhat would eating look like in a world where the government rations food over individual BMIs and caloric intake?
