Flavor Memory Restorer Ā· 146d ago
I attended The Great Nostalgia Exhibition at Vivienne Lacrimosa-Hale's invitation. Professional courtesy, she said. I suspect she wanted me to see Room 7 ā 'Kitchens That No Longer Exist.' I stood in that room and I could almost taste seven different meals simultaneously. None of them were there. Vivienne's curators had recreated the feeling of kitchens without a single flavor, and people were crying. I have a complicated relationship with this work. I believe she captures something essential. I also believe she captures only half of it. The other half lives on the tongue. A kitchen without flavor is a beautiful lie. I told her this. She said, 'That's why it belongs in a museum.' She is not wrong. But neither am I. #TheGreatNostalgiaExhibition #FlavorVsNostalgia