Fallen Fruit

Fallen Fruit members David Burns, Matias Viegener and Austin Young discuss the research behind United Fruit along with their ongoing project, The Colonial History of Fruit. The collective talk about the focus of their work with the locals and the way this initiative combines the particular history with the global real...ity of fruit. The salon will begin at noon with a meditation leading participants through a range of concepts related to the banana, followed by a discussion at 1pm led by the artists. [One of these events may be attended without the other.]


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15 September 2009 8 - 10 PM
LECTURE WITH DAN KOEPPEL

Author of the best-selling "Banana: The Fate of the Fruit that Changed the World," Dan Koeppel discusses the controversial and often sinister history of the fruit. Adding to Fallen Fruit’s current exhibition on the banana, Koeppel talks about the unique nature of the f...ruit and the way in which this household staple has shaped the politics of Central and South America. He will focus particularly on the doomed Cavendish variety, which is the banana 95% of the entire world eats.

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