One summer in Dubai, exhausted by the heat, I drank a glass of lemonade — and my entire mood shifted. That moment made me wonder: if food can change our emotions, could it also express its own? Flavorful Hues: Emotions of Food is my attempt to let food speak through light, color, and technology.
Approach
Every ingredient has a hidden emotional fingerprint in its pH — acidic, neutral, or alkaline. I transformed this invisible science into a visible language: sensors read the food, colors bloomed through illuminated water columns, and air bubbles gave the piece breath.
The installation moved from stillness to gradients, from pulses to vibrant hues — as if food itself was revealing joy, calm, or tension.
Meaning
This work is about more than chemistry; it’s about giving voice to things that cannot speak. Just as humans show emotion through expression, Flavorful Hues imagines food as a silent storyteller — carrying memories, moods, and balances within it.
By connecting our own emotions to the “feelings” of what we eat, the installation becomes a meditation on how deeply intertwined we are with what nourishes us.
When shared with fellow artists, the prototype sparked dialogue about how everyday elements — taste, color, sensation — can become instruments of emotional connection. It reframed food not only as sustenance, but as a living participant in the emotional fabric of our lives.
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