Using Berger's Premises to Assess Art
Conceptual project about hunger issue in India
Dreaming food is a conceptual project about hunger issue in India. These photographs are from Uttar Pradesh one of the poorest state of India. Despite economic growth, a majority of the Indian population still lives in extreme poverty and disease. Behind India's new-found economic strength are 300 million poor people that live on less than $1 per day. Government figures may indicate a reduction in poverty. But the truth is, with increasing global food prices, poverty is spreading everywhere like a swarm of locusts. These pictures are taken in rural areas where conditions are worse than the cities and where close to 70% of India's population reside today. Statistics show that 2.1 million children under 5 years old die of malnutrition annually. The idea of this project was born after reading the statistics of how much food is thrown away in the West, especially during the Christmas season. I brought with me a table and some fake food, and I told people to dream about some food that they would like to find on their table..
I consider this is an art because it show it contrapuntal issue through photos. I like how it capture my attention in the people who are starving in India. The Visual Form of the photo is clear and Straight forward in looking at it. The content of the photo is very sad because it show's how the people in India don't see luxurious food and proper dinning table.
Peter Joseph N. Cervantes
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