Event

To cap their 14-week residency with the Visible Futures Lab, Emilie Lucie Baltz and Carla Diana present: "Lickestra," a musical licking performance at the intersection of food design and smart objects, with music by Arone Dyer, of Buke and Gase. The performance presents a series of conductive ice creams that trigger various sounds when licked. From improvisation to orchestration, the eater becomes a performer as the act of licking reaches beyond flavor perception to become an instrument for play. The performance lasts until all of the ice cream has been licked.

Emilie Lucie Baltz works to create experiences at the intersection of design, photography, performance and curation that provoke the five senses. She is a member of the prestigious culinary association Les Dames d’Escoffier and the author of the cookbooks L.O.V.E. Foodbook and Junk Foodie: 51 Delicious Recipes for the Lowbrow Gourmand. She has lectured internationally on the power food to transform the lives of creators and consumers and is working on her third book, about American eating habits.

Carla Diana is a designer, author, artist and fellow at the innovation design firm Smart Design, where she oversees their Smart Interaction Lab. She has taught and lectured internationally and is working on a children’s book about the future of 3D printing. Both she and Baltz are founding faculty members of the MFA Products of Design program.