James SOE NYUN


Engineered Food
Series

1994-

The still life works in this series look at the points of contact between human technology and the natural world. Humans can’t exist without food, and many of our first inventions came about to fulfill this need. Through the millennia human ingenuity has introduced fire to cook food, fields to grow it and selective breeding to make wild plant and animal strains better adapted to human wants. Recent developments in genetics now open the door to the creation of trans-genic plants and animals. Reactions to these and other technological advances have ranged from enthrallment to extreme dis-ease, with some reactions turning violent. The Breakfast Cereal Manifesto works look at one such person’s reactions: those of the Unabomber.

All images available as
Ultrachrome pigment prints
on archival rag paper
in total editions of
20 across all sizes:

9" x 11.25"
on 13" x 15" paper

15" x 18.75"
on 17" x 22" paper

Many prints available in custom larger sizes by special request

A very few images still available as
vintage gelatin-silver prints:

15" x 19"
on 16" x 20" paper,
numbered prints in open edition

 

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El Capitan and Half Dome, Yosemite Valley, after Ansel Adams' ca. 1972 "Clearing Thunderstorm" (Tofu and Spam), 1995


Engineered Corn, 1994


Engineered Food I, 1994


Engineered Food II, 1996


Breakfast Cereal Manifesto I (Words by the Unabomber), 1996


Breakfast Cereal Manifesto II (Words by the Unabomber), 1996


Unofficial 13-Star Flag (The Betsy Ross Flag) 1776 (Spam and White and Yellow American Cheeses), 2001


21-Star Flag (The Flag of 1819) (Pumpernickel and American Cheese), 2001


15-Star Flag (The Star-Spangled Banner) 1795-1818 (Spam and Yellow and White American Cheeses), 2001


St. Francis Church, Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico (Homage to Paul Strand) (Hostess Sno Balls and Wonderbread) (this image sulphide-toned gelatin-silver print, ca. 4" x 5"), 2000