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Bread and Puppet Theater: How Can Food Interact with Art

Bread and Puppet Theater is a group that grew famous in the 60s for their protest art and for their giant spectacles with thousands of participants in the hills of Vermont. Before each performance, Bread and Puppet serves home-baked sourdough bread and aioli. The founder, Peter Schumman, says that his mother made him this type …

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Cooking up Artwork

There are a myriad of mediums that can be used in the creation of art, many of which don’t lend themselves to permanency. Food is a perfect example of temporary artwork. The range of foodstuffs that can be used as the canvass or as the medium itself allow artists to experiment with a variety of …

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