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Beyond the sensory art of sorting fruit

September 9, 2019September 8, 2019 / The Familiar Strange / Leave a comment

Sorting fruit may be a sensory art, and it is possible to get entirely lost in the aesthetics of skilful hands and the physicality of localised knowledge. But these depictions should not come at the cost of a loss of context, and we should question why this work takes place, who largely occupies these roles, and what power they hold in these socioeconomic systems. 

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