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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.

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This event is sold out!

PLEASE NOTE: Symposium participants have the opportunity to attend two object study or workshop sessions featuring objects and materials related to dining and cooking.

Please call 212.849.8353 to indicate your top choices for the afternoon workshop and object study session. If we do not receive your session preferences, your afternoon sessions will be selected by Cooper-Hewitt.

Registration is confirmed via email. All tickets are held at the door.

Members and students $35; non-members $50

For more info, call 212.849.8380 or email edu@si.edu

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