ABSTRACT

The Letter of Sagawa by the Japanese writer Juro Kara gave me the idea to create an edible sculpture. Kara was inspired by the letters that Issei Sagawa wrote to him from prison after killing-(for love)—a young Dutch artist and then devouring several parts of her body. This act of modern cannibalism occurred in Paris in 1981, and sparked an international scandal. Two years later the French judicial system declared him not responsible for his act.