HOME ︎ MEDIALAB MATADERO ︎ LAB#02


︎COOKING EARTH. ARTIFICIALITY, ALIENATION AND DESIRE IN THE PAST,
PRESENT AND FUTURE OF FOOD.

︎BLACK ALMANAC (PHILIP MAUGHAN, ANDREA PROVENZANO)


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︎LAB#02 THE METABOLIC SUBLIME

︎PUBLISHED BY MEDIALAB-MATADERO
︎CURATORIAL DIRECTION: EDUARDO CASTILLO VINUESA
︎EDITORIAL TEAM: EDUARDO CASTILLO VINUESA, ELENA ROCABERT.
︎PROOFREADING: DANIEL BEATTY GARCIA
︎PRINT: DECA QUATTRO SERVICIOS GRÁFICOS S.S.L.
︎ISBN: 978-84-09-44877-7
BLACK ALMANAC IS A FOOD RESEARCH AND DESIGN PLATFORM FOUNDED IN 2020 BY PHILIP MAUGHAN, ANDREA PROVENZANO AND NIKOLAI MEDVEDENKO. THE PROJECT AIMS TO BRING TOGETHER CONCEPTS, TOOLS, CASE STUDIES, AND PEOPLE FOR WHOME EQUITABLE, NUTRITIOUS, AND JOYFUL EATING IS THE MINIMUM VIABLE OUTCOME FOR FOOD IN THE CENTURY TO COME.

ANDREA PROVENZANO IS AN IMAGER MAKER AND RESEARCHER FROM ITALY. AFTER TRAINING AS A MECHANICAL ENGINEER HE SWITCHED TO DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY, AND HAS RECENTLY EXPANDED HIS PRACTICE TO INCLUDE ALGORITHMIC AND COMPUTER-GENERATED IMAGES. HE IS BASED IN THE ARCTIC REGION OF FINNMARK.

PHILIP MAUGHAN IS A WRITER AND RESEARCHER FROM THE UK. HE HAS HELD STAFF POSITIONS AT CURRENT AFFAIRS AND CULTURE MAGAZINES IN LONDON AND BERLIN. HIS CURRENT WRITING EXPLORES FOOD, TECHNOLOGY, AND PLANETARY SCIENCE, AND HAS BEEN FEATURED IN NOEMA, BBC FUTURE, AND ELSEWHERE.