anya gallaccio assaults the senses with edible dark chocolate room — designboom.com

anya gallaccio assaults the senses with edible dark chocolate room all images courtesy of jupiter artland scottish artist anya gallaccio assaults the senses of visitors to edinburgh’s jupiter artland with ‘stroke’, an entire room is covered in thick dark chocolate. the immersive and interactive installation is lightly scented, beckoning visitors to the gallery to interact with the walls, by picking, licking or stroking the edible surfaces. activated by the audience, the exhibit is just as much about the edible space itself as the desire and anticipation of entering the room, suggesting gallaccio’s recourrent themes of lust and building upon feminist ideas. the thick coating of melted materials and the interplay with the observer results in natural processes of transformation and decay, often with an unpredictable result. gallaccio has described that she sees her works, ‘as being a performance and collaboration. there is unpredictability in the materials and collaborations I get involved in. making a piece of work becomes about chance – not just imposing will on something, but acknowledging its inherent qualities.’

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