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Walk This Way: the Sustainable Food Lexicon Project

What is the language of sustainable food and what is our social response to these words?

Several iterations exhibited at Inscape Arts events, Seattle

Potential for this kind of project is to be partnering with community gardens, food bank, food justice advocacy groups, farmers, markets, conferences on sustainable food, art centers and museum educational centers
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Words are at the core of her interactive piece "Eat with the World: Walk this Way", initially an installation of word tags hanging from string through a walkway. The piece is developing with each opportunity to display. Word tags are crafted out of cloth and wax depicting the fears, the actions and the inspirational qualities defining the aesthetics related to food. Visitors to the exhibit are invited to choose, a term that reflects something they can relate to and adorn a tree branch, giving them an opportunity to relate to the words. What happens when we touch and hold them. What happens when we choose them?

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Materials include repurposed shirts, encaustic wax medium, sticks, twine, paper and ink.
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Isobel is curious about the power of words. On one hand, they are used to define and codify meaning, often packing a punch. At other times, overuse of words can bleach away vibrant messages. Lingo, labels and buzz words are likely to flatten meaning in conversation to the generic essentials. Other times, commercial use can tamper with perception. (Natural does not mean healthier necessarily, sustainability confuses assumptions when a company with controversial GMO practices (Monsanto) uses it in their slogan). The environmental message is an urgent one, yet the meaning gets washed out when words like "Organic, Local, Sustainable" are thrown around too much.
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