18
Jun
2009
hand to mouth video
This is a five minute documentary video of first Hand to Mouth event. June 29th, 2008, Meat Market, Melbourne.
It was organised by Boo Chapple and Adele Varcoe, and when I get a bit longer to gush about how amazing it was, i’ll tell more. In the meantime, look here!
4
May
2009
ad companies don’t employ enough perverts
I saw a certain something in this image, and having showed several other people, without pre-priming them they saw it too.
I wonder if it’s stupid marketing people not noticing these things, or incredibly smart marketing, putting in subtle pointers to catch the interest of the dirty minded consumer?
Either way, a product called ‘clitz’ isn’t going to get into my kitchen any time soon.
26
Apr
2009
rice pudding
I’d forgotten just how good rice pudding is. The last time I made it a faffed about with a recipe from some flash cookery book, vanilla pods, double cream and pudding rice, it was incredible when I’d finished, but it took a hell of a long time to make!
This time I had a quick look at the River Cottage website, commited the ratios to memory (1 butter, 1 sugar, 2 rice, lots of milk) and just made it.
Total prep time, including melting the butter, 5 minutes. Two Hours in the oven, awesome.
I was going to put up a picture of my one, but I ate it.
Not a bad pudding for less than $2!
8
Jan
2009
mushroom carpark
I just found a piece of my work published on the VEIL website!
It’s a proposal to reuse multistory carparks as mushroom farms until they are demolished and replaced with something more usefull than inner city parking.
There is more detail on the VEIL site about the project.
“The Mushroom Carpark” – Ben Doherty
This exploration offers an innovative approach to redesigning car parking stations into transitionary resources which could be used for mushroom production. Ben suggests that in the short-term future there will be reduced car use due to high fuel prices and the subsequent uptake of car-sharing schemes and cycling. The ensuing reduction of car use will provide a new wasted space – car parks.
25
Aug
2008
the old me
In a past life, I made drinks and witty banter for a living.
These are the two menus that I had the most involvement in making.
some of the jokes are a bit old now, but the drinks are still amazing.