M.A.D.S.
the digital mixed reality art gallery 7.0
BRAIN CAKE
International Contemporary Art Exhibition
Gaudì Room - Casa Milà - La Pedrera - Barcelona
December, 28th 2022
How many ingredients are needed to make a cake? Baking time, the consistency of the dough, the right ingredients, all of which are needed for the final product or perhaps just to satisfy an initial desire. What does the desire to make a cake and the will to do so imply? Conceptually, the cake has always been an object linked to transgression of normality, a moment of escape and surprise in which to reward oneself or just give in to the allure of vanity. It would be curious at this point to create stitches or links with art. The processes underlying the creation of a cake may be similar to those underlying the act of art. The desire to escape and to transgress the normal flow of life underpins artistic inspiration and its development. The brain becomes the symbol of union between cake and art. The ingredients are the tools, the greedy desire for freedom and escape, the consumption of the meal, the enjoyment and satisfaction of the end result.
To weld the mind, capable of operating on the ideas and desires of the artist. The brain as an iconic symbol, the nerve center of ideas, desires and inspirations. Feelings, sensations, personal experiences and social events, these are often the main ingredients for the realization and creation of an artistic work. Artworks are the result of something felt but also experienced; a kind of experiment on which artists try out without following precise rules but letting themselves be guided by elements that may be external to them, but also derived from their unconscious. This is how the recipe for the perfect masterpiece reads: "In order to obtain an admirable example of a work of art, you need to mix the following ingredients: style, technique and aesthetics. Create a homogeneous mixture, and place it on a crisp and consistent base of experience. Now the cake is almost complete, but don't forget to place it on the cake tin in an elegant and refined way, and dust it with a fancy crumble.
