Transparency, the Five Senses: Taste 1969

Curator: Joe Tilson's "Transparency, the Five Senses: Taste" presents us with a provocative image of lips and teeth encased in what looks like a photographic slide. Editor: My first thought? Candy. Dangerously sweet, slightly unsettling, and undeniably sensual. Curator: Exactly. The work hints at the commodification of sensory experiences, doesn't it? The film border and "Ektachrome" text situate taste within a consumerist framework. Editor: It's like taste itself has been packaged and sold back to us. But there's also a weird kind of intimacy here, a hyper-real close up. Curator: The tension between public consumption and private sensation is key. Tilson's piece makes you wonder: who is doing the tasting, and what are they really consuming? Editor: Mmm. Now I’m craving something decadent.