PARTY IN A ROOM FULL OF COTTON CANDIES

I stumbled upon this great artist and lover named Jennifer Rubell. What she does is create participatory large-scale food projects that are a hybrid of performance art, installation art, and happenings.  One of her works is the padded cell that was made entirely of cotton candy.

Padded cell is an 8’X16’ freestanding room constructed of basic building materials, with a single door that contains a plexiglass window. Inside, the walls and ceilingare padded with pink cotton candy, and a bare light bulb hangs in the center. The door is opened at 9pm, but the interior is visible through the window throughout the evening. The Red Party’s main dinner is served inside a Russian-themed constructivist set, and Padded Cell acts as an escape from that, an all-American funhouse that is at the same time confining, threatening, claustrophobic. It is an object that addresses the dark side of pleasure, the price of pleasure, the possibility that pleasure is its own punishment. Approximately 1,600 cones of cotton candy are used in its construction.

Thanks to simko for mentioning it in her tumblr and she said – “I spent weeks wondering what Jennifer was cooking up for the Red Party. She didn’t disappoint – dessert was a room created entirely from cotton candy. We took turns pulling pieces from the walls while we laughed about accidentally cultivating cavities.”

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