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Feeding Desire

Symposium

Feeding Desire: Dining as Spectacle

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Saturday, May 6, 2006

Target National Design Education Center
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
2 East 91st Street at Fifth Avenue, New York City

From contemporary food design to the spectacle of eighteenth-century aristocratic feasts, this symposium examines the history of cutlery and dining ritual. A broad offering of keynote lectures, hands-on workshops, and collection studies will explore the social meanings and fascinating forms of table settings.

Agenda

8:30-9:00 a.m.
Registration and coffee

9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Presentations

2:30-5:00 p.m.
Object Study and Workshop sessions

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