In this Lunchtime Talk, Studio resident David Lisser will take us through his slight fixation with the world of cultured meat, and why he thinks we need to creatively challenge its trajectory.

David is a sculptor who makes work that investigates our relationships with technology and the future. His recent works imagine the future of cultured meat and the role of technology in food. In his 2017 project, David was hosted and supported by Pervasive Media Studio to produce The Cleanmeat Revolution - an imagined museum-style retrospective of 21st century meat production. According to the Good Food Institute, clean meat is a term for real meat grown without animal slaughter. Combining artefacts from the CleanMeat industry, items of social history, and a corrupted video lecture, the exhibition charted the rise and fall of lab-grown meat in the last 100 years. Curators notes provided social, cultural and economic context for the twists and turns of this fascinating time.

David will also discuss how this project and his other work has developed since then, and will also raise questions about the kind of culinary future we want.

This talk is part of Season for Change. A nationwide campaign and festival of artistic work celebrating the environment and inspiring urgent action on climate change. Led by Julie’s Bicycle and Artsadmin and supported by Arts Council England and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Season is co-curated with partners like Watershed across the cultural sector. Find out more at www.seasonforchange.org.uk

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