I usually love exhibitions at the V&A in London, so I headed there my first morning in London a couple of weeks ago.
I’ve participated in food studies conferences and presented on food for the campus book project, so I was interested in what they were going to do.
I was unprepared to walk into a room with curtains the colors of what a healthy intestine might be imagined to look like and a toilet.
They were starting with refuse and recycling. But the exhibit was sparse–I would have loved to know how other cultures and times have recycled, how that word has changed meanings and politics over time, etc. There was none of that.
A little bit on, there was a display about chickens, which didn’t say much about chickens except for that there were different kinds.
There was a film playing about foragers in London and a sampling of foraged juice.
And a table set with objects without too much context.
My favorite:
The best part was the wallpaper in the beginning and the end.
All in all, FOOD left me hungry for a lot more.
So I went to one of my favorite Indian places, Dishoom, for lamb samosas and okra.
