New Source

For my final source I am sticking to food science/industry/agribusiness. After reviewing my other sources I realize that they are all connected through the idea of “improvement.” I am interested in the food we chose to eat and how it gets to our plate. I am interested in food because it is something that we consume for nourishment, much like the way we consume art for intellectual, sensory nourishment. Food is manipulated, both physically for the sake of appearance and chemically for the sake of health benefits, commercial incentives and or shelf life. Whether it is basic produce, the all American cheeseburger, or a Twinkie, what we consume is sprayed, injected, treated, and/or processed for improvement. I am interested in the quest of the West to grow, breed, and invent bigger, brighter, "better" foods at a faster pace and for a cheaper price. I feel like our food is being taken out of the soil rich hands of local farmers and into the rubber gloved hands of mad scientists and cold steel machinery of laboratories backed by the fat wallets of commercial America. The sounds I will investigate and record will represent the kitchen, the lab, and the factory. They will hopefully be abstract enough to be used as atmosphere but also recognizable enough so that the listener (viewer) can relate them to his/her own food/agriculture experience. For example, popping popcorn out of context is an abstract sound but when applied to my movie will reference the corn industry and its influence on and presence in virtually everything we eat.

popcorn popping

running motor

microwave

ding of toaster oven

bubbling water

hum of air vent

car wash

snap of rubber gloves

bunsen burner

scraping metal

pills rattling

mortar and pestel grinding

blender