The companion session to Monday night’s Allen Ginsberg’s Fridge at Bompas & Parr.
Hosted by the incomparable Sam Bompas and Rob Smith of Bompas & Parr, more tales of refrigerated drinks and our imminent future of food. Served fresh with the glistening condensation of futurity
Have you ever wondered how Marie Antoinette’s Pleasure Dairies might inspire how we consume the fresh products of tomorrow? Or considered what new approaches to nocturnal drinking might better support the sensorial realm of attractions.
This session will present the future of the food and drink developed by Bompas & Parr’s strategy and insights team. There will be tasters for your experienced palate.
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Allen Ginsberg’s Fridge at Bompas & Parr
In 1960 Allen Ginsberg had two pictures taped to his fridge – one of Baudelaire, the other of Poe. These galvanised his writing each time he went for a cooled snack.
Join us for a rambunctious and poetic evening of refrigerated drinks and creative camaraderie. We’ll look at networks of inspiration and where ideas come from, the catalytic entities you have taped to your fridge and food as a site for emotive experiences.
On Ginsberg’s death, the only items remaining in his apartment once the contents were auctioned and the archive went to Stamford were two tins of his frozen fish chowder. Refused by the Met and Guggenheim, rescued after a brownout on the Lower East Side, the soup tins were eventually exhibited in the Museum of Jurassic Technology.
The evening will feature:
- Ardent spirits that foster creativity
- Poetry around a fridge
- Fish chowder based on Ginsberg’s recipe, itself drawn from Rochelle Kraut’s scrod
- Creating experiences with literary IPs
- Notes towards which weird items should be preserved in museums
- Spoons