Sonic Explorations of Culinary Art and Practice

By: Caroline Skrebutenas ’25

Advising Faculty: Andrew Greenwald and Rachel Boggia

Major: Anthropology and Music Studies

Project/Mission Statement
Sonic Explorations of Culinary Art and Practice is a live, multimedia performance that examines human connectivity and identity to food and culinary art through the medium of sound. Music and food produce the same unique experience that can be explored as a collective unit. Both are essential for shaping cultural identity and belonging. If we treat food and music as dichotomous languages, food serves as music for your body just as music serves as food for your mind. During the performance, four distinct features will shape the sonic atmosphere: the utensil mobile, a sound art instrument made from kitchen utensils; projected media, video art composed of imagery from my past culinary and agricultural experiences; the cooking station, where live cooking will occur; the piano, where live performance will occur. This performance encapsulates the sensuous feeling that both food and music can create- ranging from overwhelming amounts of joy and discomfort. If food could speak and your dinner plate could sing, this is what you would hear.

Related Fields: Ammerman Center