“Glass Animals”
This show is a collection of animals participating in the drama of drinking. Using Tom Standage’s book “the History of the World in Six Glasses” as inspiration, I have created various scenarios in which the animals alter and advance through the benefits of these beverage cultures. I play with different dynamics of animals in their cultural hierarchy, suggesting those who imbibe the beverages are the most sophisticated. Just as the book argues that these beverages are key to shaping our culture, establishing dominance, and developing advancements to improve our enjoyment of life.
In the 1600s, a powerful new intellectual movement began in
Europe: the Enlightenment. Standage argues that the rise of the European Enlightenment was closely paralleled by the rise of coffee in Europe among middle-class workers and intellectuals around the same time.
“Pleasure before Business” 24x30 $3000
Mr. Rooster, an executive in the business of starting the new day, takes his job seriously, and his coffee with cream and sweets.
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