ABSTRACT
In the era of globalisation that totalises and homogenises human society and culture, a turn to the ‘imperceptible’ everyday can problematise the perceptual givens of our lives, and provide alternative perceptions of reality. At the advent of globalisation and before the so-called Greek crisis, the modern globalised Greek urban scape was characterised by a schizoid oscillation between the inflation of consumptive acts versus the utopian desire of the disappearing consumer. The symposium Taste and Memory was designed as a response to globalisation’s massive efforts to homogenise, discipline, cosmeticise, and functionalise Greek food and eating cultures through massive instructive cooking programs in the media. Local cultural organisations of the region comprised of several hundred members each embraced the idea of reenacting a symposio. Raising awareness of what our culture chooses to exclude led to exploring possible installations of handmade compost bins on campus.
