Dessert II, Brenda May, Sydney, 2013

Dessert II

Commissioned by Megan Fizell for exhibition Sugar Sugar

3 October 2013. 1 performance

Food and design by Elizabeth Willing.

As part of Sugar, Sugar, Elizabeth Willing held an experimental meal that explored issues of excess through an extravagant consumption of sugar. On Thursday 3 October, Willing presented the second iteration of her Dessert series for 12 participants at Brenda May Gallery. The menu consisted of five courses of sweet dishes and drinks to align with the focus of the exhibition.

-Meg Fizell, Curator

A significant part of my practice is working within the context of dining, concept meals. This branch of performance within my practice allows me to bring together audience and artwork at the dining table to further explore the potential of individual interactions with artworks, and to continue my explorations of food as art material, the potential for multi-sensory engagement, and our complex relationships to eating. Concept meals are also a space for me to present new sculpture and design elements created to reconsider the choreography of eating.

I purposely limit the documentation at these meals to ensure the comfort, and to limit any distractions, for the participants.