Meal of Fortune
To kick off THE NEW YEAR,
Mouth Arcade transformed Babycastles Gallery in NYC into an edible playground. For three nights only, this pop-up restaurant paired digital and analog games with delectable bites by chef Theo Friedman. Diners were asked to question the formulaic actions of eating they performed daily: They went bowling to season vegetables with dehydrated olives and rye, ate orange pate de fruit edible dice dispensed from a conveyor belt, and controlled video games by artists Thu Tran, Prashast Thapan, and Will Rahilly by dunking semolina gnocchi in three different sauces. By rethinking the gestures and props used around food, eating felt more like winning.
#mealoffortune
“The night was a resounding success for innovative, interactive dining”
““These are ideas that haute cuisine has explored, but here are taken to the extreme.””
TEAM
Andy An
Creative Direction, Fabrication
Theo Friedman
Executive Chef
Thu Tran
Video Programming
Will Rahilly
Video Programming
Ian Russell
Hospitality Coordinator
Sine Morris
Topple Tapas Conveyor Belt Engineering
Richard Adem
Topple Tapas Conveyor Belt Engineering
Frank DeMarco
Digital Games Curation
Joey Perez
Lighting Design
Emi Spicer
Photography
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SPECIAL THANKS TO
Maggie Duffy
Helen Galioto
Morgan Golding
Kathryn Jacobs
Faviola Lopez
Max Ma
Izel Maras
Evan Tarantino
The Babycastles Community