Catharsys of Urbanophagy (Eating the City)

Madrid based Alicia Rios worked with food and performance director Gay Bilson, director Robin Laurie and 35 community groups to create a huge 30 x 30 metre three dimensional scaled model of the Hoddle grid of Melbourne city centre in food related to the project participants culture and homelands.

This edible city was presented to the public in April 2004 at Birrarung Marr and consumed by the public in a giant celebration of the unique contribution each community makes to Melbourne.

Eating the City was a 12 month project that involved hundreds of community groups who used the preparation and shared eating of food as a key means of socialising and operating.

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Film & Animation

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