Rooftop Films: Umami July 3, 2010

VENUE
OLD AMERICAN CAN FACTORY
The Roof of the Old American Can Factory
GOWANUS
232 3RD STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11215
Take the R to Union or the F or G to Caroll St/.
8:00 Doors Open
8:30 Live Music by Railbird
9:00 Films begin

A collection of films from the Umami Festival whose goal is to use art to increase awareness of the power food has to influence and shape both diners and cooks.

Umami was created as a meeting ground to people who use food as a medium and who present their audience with a multi-sensory experience in the dining room, or gallery space. Their objective is to open avenues of collaboration between these artists and culinary professionals. Choosing food as a common thread allows the festival to present new ways to look at art and to integrate art into daily life. We offer an environment for non-commercial, ephemeral art and encourage artists who work with non-traditional mediums and forms. By bringing these artists together with culinary professionals through panel discussions and workshops, they wish to expose them to new audiences while stirring a debate around the role of food and food professionals in our society. Their intention is to use art to increase awareness of the power food has to influence and shape both diners and cooks.

Official Website: http://www.rooftopfilms.com/2010/schedule/47-umami