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Then what is a generation and what contributions can it make? The fact of belonging to a generation is a complex notion as well: what shared features are there in a group of artists born in the same geographical area and in the same decade? Possibly less than we would expect, since we live in a hyperconnected world, in which physical and mental mobility can allow any individual to receive very diverse influences. The tabula rasa is, hence, more of a stance-taking, a wish to start something new. Nevertheless, artists do not create from scratch, the weight of history and influences prevent the sheet from being completely blank. With different models, experiences and wishes, we can see the works by young creators under the prism of tabula rasa, the sheet of paper that one writes on when it is blank or, following John Locke, the foundation of knowledge from experience.

Thus, the generation of emerging artists can only observe its artistic practice from a perspective that allows freeing oneself of the burden imposed by tradition and the models that have shaped it, rethink the surrounding reality, art and their own artist status from scratch. To В«make oneвЂ™s nameВ» means making oneвЂ™s own mark, achieving recognition (in both senses) of oneвЂ™s difference from other producers, especially the most consecrated ones.вЂќ This shift brings about power struggles, as explained by Pierre Bourdieu: вЂњOn one side the dominant figures are to be found, who want continuity, identity, reproduction on the other one, the newcomers, who seek discontinuity, rupture, difference, revolution. In the art world, the transition from one generation to the next one frequently implies remarkable changes in artistic production, encouraged by the very market structure and the critics. Think of drinking vinegar just like syrup, pickled cucumbers suddenly get a soft honey glaze and fresh cut pineapple and lemon create this addictive sweet-sour-sensation in your mouth that you get after eating too many sour gummy worms.Д¬onnecting food colour and taste - Suzana OrsolicДЄ hot coffee eventually ended this experience on our tongues, but it did not end the flow of ideas and questions about to what degree we are able to affect our perception of taste and what even defines sourness or sweetness.Every generation is entangled between the legacy of what it has learned from the previous generation and the need to create its own rules, a new vision of the world, a will to make its own contribution. But that doesnвЂ™t make the experience any less interesting. It is simple science вЂ“ the miraculin inhibits the taste receptors and makes sour taste sweet. As in miracle berry pills, made from an African fruit that contains the active ingredient miraculin.

Rice paper and herbs - to see or to eat? - Suzana OrsolicДЄnd, as we had already reached the stage where we trusted each other blindly, we decided to pop some magic pills together. Sorrel became a delicious caramel that became a drink when pouring hot water over it, spruce tips produced some wonderfully aromatic salt and deep-fried rice paper filled with flowers made for some surprisingly beautiful little artworks.Д®xperiments with sugar and sorrel and begonia from the Aquaponics Greenhouse - Suzana Orsolic Enlarge

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We started researching ingredients and collecting trays full of fresh herbs that we transferred to different aggregate states.

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