2015
Whispery Savoury
Conducted at London restaurants, Whispery Savoury was formulated as a series of experimental interactive dining events providing multi-sensory experiences.
The aim is to create sensory stimuli for several senses simultaneously, specifically taste and hearing, that are normally experienced separately, generating a kind of synaesthesia. The audience are invited to play sound and music whilst eating and drinking, using cutlery and specially designed tableware, with one piece for each taste: sweetness, sourness, bitterness, saltiness, and umami (pleasant savouriness).
To establish how food lovers gain the maximum pleasure from the experience of eating, the project seeks to provide evidence of shared underlying properties between the auditory and gustatory sensory modalities, and to explore, apart from food itself, the various factors influencing our cravings and appetite. In addition, by accentuating each of the five basic tastes, the aim is to help revive some semblance of taste for individuals who, for whatever reason, have lost their sense of it.
Moreover, by examining notions from the science of multi-sensory experience in relation to food and dining, this project addresses the role of art and science in contemporary gastronomic narratives.
Press:
The Sound of Sweetness, Riposte magazine, Issue #5
Living in a Material World at London Design Festival, Dezeen
Whispery Savoury's interactive dining event maximizes culinary pleasure, FRAME Magazine, #106 Sep/Oct
8 FOOD DESIGN PROJECTS TO SEE AT LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL 2015, This is MOLD
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