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Reminder: University of Gastronomic Science Information Session

Posted on | February 25, 2009 | Comments Off

A reminder that this Friday, Slow Food Los Angeles will welcome David Szanto, the North American representative of the University of Gastronomic Sciences, to Los Angeles. David will speak about undergraduate and graduate programs at the UNISG, offer practical information about application procedures and academic requirements, and will talk about the history of the University and its close relationship with Slow Food. Details about the event, to be held at the California NanoSystems Institute on the UCLA campus from 7:00pm until 9:00pm, are available in our original announcement (tagged “University of Gastronomic Sciences.”

The venue for the event is graciously being made available by the UCLA Art|Sci Center + Lab. Prior to David Szanto’s presentation, Slow Food members and friends are also invited to attend the opening reception for the exhibit of Beatriz da Costa’s work, “Invisible Earthlings.” An interdisciplinary artist and researcher who works at the intersection of contemporary art, science, engineering, and politics, da Costa’s latest work, presented in this exhibit, is an investigation into the possibilities of relating between  humans and members of the lived non-human worlds that we are least likely to recognize as social actors within urban environments: microbes. Microbes, partially defined by their small size and the fact that they are commonly not visible to the human eye, quite literally escape our view and thereby our awareness of their existence.

The University of Gastronomic Sciences information session will take place in the Auditorium; the reception for “Invisible Earthlings” will be held in suite 5419. Both events are free of charge.

For more information about the information session, read the original announcement. For more information about Beatriz da Costa’s work, visit her website.

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