Welcome to our show. We draw attention to the social predicament that we share by tracing histories of provisioning and culture, crop diseases, fare, scientific and technological advancements, and continuing through to contemporary relationships of modern gastronomy, food design, genetic modifications, and the much debated price of tomatoes. A food crop disease is more than just an isolated agricultural phenomenon; it affects our entire economic, environmental, and social condition. Just as disease in a crop is first detected by changing colour or wilting of leaves, which are indicators of a larger impending agricultural crisis, we can trace deterioration and disharmony in society by paying attention to various visual markers such as increased polarisation, othering, and discrimination.

Through the show we hope to explore and discuss how changing food consumption patterns reflect caste, gender, and socioeconomic differences. Potato, for example, is consumed across socioeconomic and class lines and, despite being sourced from the same crop, is consumed in vastly diverse ways. Breakfast table draws attention to such contrasts to extract new meanings from the mundane.