Elizabeth Willing: Dessert
And they told you not to play with your food.
Overview
If you're thinking about food as art, you should be thinking about one person. We're not talking about any of the many celebrity chefs that appear on our TV screens, fill food and wine conventions, and spruik supermarkets. We're talking about Elizabeth Willing.
The Brisbane artist is known for her creative approach to cuisine, and her merging of the lines between experimentation and gastronomy. In fact, her ongoing Dessert performance series is renowned for not only reimagining the usual relationship that we all have with food, but also creating a multi-sensory experience that plays with the choreography of dining.
If that sounds like not only something you'd like to watch, but discover more about, then the hands-on Dessert workshop should be your idea of a satisfying artistic meal. A warning: these participatory culinary exercises are bound to be popular — and places are limited — so bookings are essential.
Image: Ice-cream course: Dessert III. 2015. Ceramic bowl. Via Elizabeth Willing.
