ART FOOD project was initiated by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as a part of an ongoing programme promoting polish design abroad. Two academies were chosen to participate: the School of Form in Poznań and the Royall College of Art. The aim of the project was to create a set of dishes for top restaurants. The project was curated by Marek Cecuła and took place in the Ćmielów Porcelain Factory in Poland.
The workers of the factory write “ZŁOM" on a scrap porcelain to distinguish trash from a perfect products.
I used the Ćmielów factory’s scrap porcelain to create the collection of plates. All the elements have been found in rubbish containers, carefully selected out of thousands of pieces and hand polished. My choices were based on my appreciation of the beauty of how porcelain breaks in unusual ways. I put a golden glaze on part of the pieces as I like the idea of combing such an expensive material with a trash. The elements are not fixed into the plate, but separate, so the chef can play with them and create his own sculptural arrangements.
EXHIBITIONS:
Art Food Retrospective, NEW YORK, PRATT MANHATTAN GALLERY 2018
Polish Trash Pop up Expo, BRUSSELS DESIGN SEPTEMBER, Belgium 2018
"Polish Design in the Middle of", DESIGN WEEK LITHUANIA 2017
„Projekt Człowiek _Design i Sztuka ma Sens (es)”,KIDS LOVE DESIGN FESTIVAL 2016
„Polish Design in the Middle of”, CONCORDIA DESIGN, Poznań 2015
„Polish Design in the Middle of”, EMBASSY OF POLAND IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA 2015,
„+48 Social Club”, TOKYO DESIGNERS WEEK 2014
„Art Food”, LODZ DESIGN FESTIVAL, Poland 2013
„Art Food”, BRITISH CERAMICS BIENNIAL, Stoke-on-Trent, Great Britain 2013
„Art Food”, LONDON DESIGN WEEK, Flow Gallery 2013
„Art Food”, CONCORDIA DESIGN, Poznan 2013
ZŁOM / ART FOOD
Ćmielów Porcelain Factory
Marta Szostek
photo: Marta Szostek, Cezary Hładki
2013
