Waste Proposal Unit
From Critical Practice Chelsea
Summary
Waste Proposal Unit is a project by Mike Knowlden. Its first stage took place at the Market of Ideas at the London Festival of Europe. This was an attempt to chart a ‘market’ within the Market based on the unrealised potential inherent in the domestic food waste of the Market’s visitors.
In conversation with members of the Market crowd, lists of leftover meals and ingredients are compiled. These are later used as the basis of a series of recipes. These recipes comprise a description of this market within the Market and also a resource to which the visitors and others can refer in future.
I am pleased to announce that the development of these recipes as a process will be socially engaged – I will be preparing and serving food at the Outpost Gallery, Norwich on 14th May, 2008 as part of the series of events Kaavous Clayton meets Martino Gamper. This food will be free to all, and will be based on the foods and ingredients that I discussed with the visitors to the Market of Ideas. At the Outpost Gallery I will be cooking with Josh Pollen, who is a member of catering team Three Second Rule.
I see this work as allied to the work of the Critical Practice project Beyond The Free Market, in particular the Free Market Kitchen, Beyond Jam and the Make-In which generated ‘Green Gifts’.
Further Material
*There will be an article on BBC Radio 4's You and Yours on 8th May related to domestic food waste. I will put a permanent link to audio on the resources page once they archive it.*
Recipes
Food Rescue Log - Invitation to contribute
Links and Resources
Market of Ideas Proposal
Market of Ideas Reflections
return to London Festival of Europe
