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Talks

Ben Kinmont: On becoming something else

Saturday, May 11, 2013

5 p.m.

Image: Ben Kinmont and chef Fabien Vallos in front of the Chapeau Melon, Paris; photo: Bruno Serralongue

Ben Kinmont’s On becoming something else looks at the way in which artists move from the art world to other fields — from farming to politics — in pursuit of their art practice.

For this project, Kinmont has invited local chefs to create new recipes about artists who became something else, each based on a paragraph written by Kinmont describing a historical example of such a departure. The portrait dishes are currently on the menu at the collaborating restaurants. The project culminates in a grand finale at Bar Tartine on June 18.

Participating chefs are Nick Balla and Courtney Burns of Bar Tartine, Evan and Sarah Rich of Rich Table, Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski of State Bird Provisions, Brett Cooper of Outerlands, as well as chef/owners Jessica Boncutter of Bar Jules and Russell Moore of Camino and independent chef Leif Hedendal (by appointment). The resulting dishes are homages to Bridget Barnhart, Lygia Clark, Hans de Vries, Gretchen Faust, GAAG (Jon Hendricks and Jean Toche), Laurie Parsons, and Raivo Puusemp.

A limited-edition broadside featuring the artists and dishes is available at each venue.

On becoming something else was originally produced with the Centre Pompidou in Paris in 2011. Ben Kinmont is an artist, publisher, and antiquarian bookseller. In 1996 he began his publishing project Antinomian Press, which focuses on ephemera and archival material, often distributed for free. Kinmont also has an ongoing antiquarian bookselling business, Ben Kinmont Booksellers, begun in 1998, that specializes in books and manuscripts about domestic economy and food. For the first time in 15 years, the business has opened as a public book store at 6780 Depot Street, Suite 150 in Sebastopol. For more information, visit kinmont.com.