La experiencia del comer (V): colecciones en torno a la cocina
Cuando se acaba de comer sólo queda la periferia de este acto: manchas, platos sucios, migas, sensación de saciedad… a falta de la comida. La desaparición del objeto efímero-comida provoca la aparición de otros objetos y actos.
Se proponen en este post links que tratan el acto de recolectar, coleccionar, registrar, acumular relacionado con la comida. Un simple sándwich o una lista de la compra aislada no nos aportan gran significado, pero cuando se recolectan en serie, se organizan, ordenan y muestran comienzan a ser sugerentes. Representar de una manera poco convencional un objeto le saca de su ámbito natural para permanecer en la memoria como algo más que un objeto efímero.
Caso “Scanwiches”
“Scans of sandwiches for education and delight.”
Fuente. Página scanwiches: http://scanwiches.com/
Scanwiches es un blog exclusivamente dedicado a fotografías de sándwiches escaneados por su autor. Cada entrada es la fotografía en transversal del sándwich del día en cuestión, y nos permite ver parte del relleno de este delicioso bocadillo. Al pie de cada foto podrás encontrar los ingredientes de los sándwiches, hay una variedad interesante: prosciuto, mozzarella, vegetales, corned beef, pollo grillado, jamones y demás.
Fuente: http://www.cocina.org/21-05-2009/noticias/scanwiches-blog-de-sandwiches-escaneados
Extracto de una entrevista con el autor del proyecto:
Q: When did the idea for Scanwiches strike, and what was your inspiration?
A: I think the word popped into my head first and then I had to see how it would actually look. I’ve always loved scanning things. It’s a very specific way of capturing an image. Everything—exposure, depth of field—is totally pre-set on a scanner so you try and explore the stuff you do have control with.
Once the project started getting popular people began sending me things, especially foods, that people have scanned. There’s a guy who does fast food, another person who did a project scanning green market produce, and several artists who do scanned flowers. It’s a weird little genre I didn’t now existed and was pleased to find I was a part of.
Q: What kind of scanner do you use?
A: I use my girlfriend’s old scanner. It has a broken lid and she didn’t want it. It’s an HP scanjet 4570c and it was made in 2002. The thing is on its last legs. It sounds like a subway train hitting the brakes every time it starts a scan. I think it has a max optical resolution of 400 dpi but it’s been a while since I read the manual.
Q: What is your process for scanning them? Do you just clean the glass really well after each one or put down some kind of transparent film for easy cleanup? Do much cleaning up in Photoshop or anything?
A: I clean the glass at the end of each set with Windex and a paper towel but between sandwiches it just gets wiped down. We started with a plastic film when we first scanned but we found that it fogged up when we did hot sandwiches. Straight onto the glass gets the best quality. This is a full time sandwich scanning machine—we have another really nice photo scanner for office use. I take the image into Photoshop and do some white balance and color-correction but nothing dramatic. The sandwiches have to look appealing and realistic. I want people who see a sandwich on the site to recognize it if they’ve ordered it. It’s about education first and delight second.
Q: What’s the sloppiest sandwich you’ve scanned?
A: Eggplant Parmesan from Parisi Bakery. I had to wipe the thing down with a wet cloth afterwards.
Fuente: http://i.gizmodo.com/5172641/the-genius-behind-scanwichescoms-juicy-sandwich-porn
Caso “greenmarket produce scans” of Ranjit Bhatnagar
“Every Saturday, if I can, I go to my local greenmarket (at Grand Army Plaza), buy some goodies, take them home, and scan them”.
Fuente: Página Greenmarket: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ranjit/sets/54841/
“Sometimes a simple idea and easy to do can become a very large and intelligent. A user of Flickr is proposing an archive certainly original and interesting, but surprising for the perseverance and the work that is behind the project. I’m talking about Brooklyn’s Ranjit Bhatnagar, known simply as the portal Ranjit, and its set called Greenmarket Produce Scans.
These are scanned compositions of fruit and vegetables of all kinds, which are always placed in a different manner, to create decorative motifs and / or figurative evocative and full of vitality.”
Extracto sobre el proyecto. Fuente: http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=hp&hl=en&js=n&u=http://www.clickblog.it/post/4376/greenmarket-produce-scans-di-ranjit-bhatnagar&sl=it&tl=en