I got the chance to have a conversation about our water project with Colin Chimento a few weeks ago and this is the video he made out of that conversation. It is quirky but towards the end you can really see the examples we created and understand better the concept of edible data visualizations. 

On Saturday, August 6th, Michael Cirino of the Brooklyn based culinary performance group A Razor, A Shiny Knife educated residents of the East Village on a simple subject: water.

Cirino gave an hour-long presentation at the newly opened BMW Guggenheim Lab. Using Molecular Gastronomy techniques, he created and served participants water of varying viscosity, creating a metaphor to represent the varying levels of water scarcity in different regions of the world.

The BMW Guggenheim Lab is described on their website as “part urban think tank, party community center, and public gathering space.” Essentially it’s a mobile public classroom designed to help citizens investigate the problems globalization faces today. It’s currently in New York for a few months, nestled into a building lot at Houston St. and 2nd Ave. In October it will begin to travel the world, visiting nine major global cities over the next six years. The evening rain could be heard clearly in the open space of the Lab, and perfectly complemented the night’s subject.