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Projects is an ongoing series of exhibitions in which artists execute installations and actions in the house to be viewed via the internet each month and sometimes in person.

PROJECTS 2005: Jerome Waag

"MElt the Pot: Cook & be Cooked"

Saturday January 1, 2005

Cooking starts at 6:00

Be prepared to Cook Collectively

January 1 - January 31

On January 1, 2005 taste the flavor of democracy. To bring in the New Year, cook/artist Jerome Waag will introduce VESPUCCINI, a new pasta named after the famed Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci, after whom America would be named. All present will participate in preparation and cooking, creating an original recipe for a truly civic dish. Each step of the process will be decided by the people and written into the Recipe/Constitution. The media will be present to document this experiment in democracy. Good for the constitution! Cooked by the People for the People!

If you think of an ingredient that must be included please bring it.

Jerome Waag is an artist, who has been cooking since 1986 at the trailblazing Berkeley restaurant Chez Panisse which has a commitment to local, sustainable, and organic, genetic-free food. Jerome's exhibitions include "Building the House of Cards" at the SF Zen center, "Metamorpher" at Erica tanov and "Roadside Elixir," curated by Claudia Tennyson at Headlands Center for the Arts, Marin, CA in the spring of 2004. For "Roadside Elixir" Jerome put together "Meet my Mom"; in which passerbyes could eat, drink, and talk with his mother.

Vespuccini invite 2004

Vespuccini Noodle 2004

Images & Videos of work coming soon after Jan 1st.