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CORN include corn in its iconic on-the-cob incarnation. This corn, known corn-- sweet, yellow, and uniform-- has a
lovable immediacy. But this corn accounts for the crop's least significant use.
Corn is more often used as
food for food, somewhat often as a
secret ingredient in
non-corn foods, occasionally in
foods that pay homage to the on-the-cob kind.
Corn is often found in non-foods as varied as aspirin, diapers, perfumes and
3d prints. Corn is a solution.
Corn is a
solution and corn is a
problem.
Corn is a
solution and corn is a
problem.
Corn is sometimes
the solution to its own problem.
Corn confounds.
Corn...would not exist if it weren't for the humans that cultivated and developed it. It is a human invention, a plant that does not exist naturally in the wild. It can only survive if planted and protected by humans.-
camp silos
Corn is a
solution developed by humans. Corn is a
solution. Corn is also a
problem. Corn problematizes the problem/solution model. When did growth become overgrowth? Why is
great weather terrible news for corn farmers?
More corn grows each year, seeding itself deeper in a complex system of dependencies. At the same time, a certain corn, known corn, remains immediate. A corny thought: each kernel, the on-the-cob-kind and not, come from a field of corn. Not a solution, but a connection.
SMOG 2: CORN asks its creators and readers to engage with a single theme, embracing tangents, misunderstandings, analogies, and
sideways modes of research. CORN monocrops your browser. To open the rest of the tabs, click the big corn on the homepage.
SMOG/CORN is produced by
Ben and
Sarah.
Corntact us.