IRMA5SECOND - The Patron Saint of Fallen Morsels

Dropped food = dirty? Not so fast! The 5-second rule is fiction, but IRMA5SCECOND, patron saint of crumbs, empowers the indecisive. They defy the dirt, transforming "spoiled" bites.

Scientist have experimentally proven that food immediately becomes dirty as soon as it hits the ground, and microorganisms wait no time. If you drop a bun in water, it gets wet right away, if you drop into mud, it's instantly covered in mud. Why would it happen otherwise when it comes to dirt? In fact, we want to believe that food can be recovered. The Five Second window is a sacral time while you process the loss and make a decisions whether you leave it to its doom. The five second rule thus exist and does not exist at the same time. It’s merely the product of the imagination, a transition between being and non-being, and a slot where you can intervene according to your beliefs. But those who consider consuming food from the groun will not be left to themselves, because IRMA5SCECOND the patron saint of fallen bites/morsels, will appear before the hesitant, support them in their belief and transfigure their spoiled snacks.

The question is: How can artists and the sacral activists help in the middle of the food crisis?

Eszter Ágnes Szabó and Olga Kocsi collaboration in this project. This project was designed during the project of “CAPAZINE, Let’s EAT!” This was exhibited at first time in the Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center in 2021.