Commodity Cropism is a multi-channel video installation that culture-jams the highly stylized trope of commercials in order to look at three problematic monocultures of industrial agriculture: corn, soy, and sugar. U.S. Farm Bill subsidies for these (as well as other commodity crops) encourage greenhouse gas emissions, cheap and unhealthy food and food fillers, sick animals whose meat enters our food system, extreme pesticide use, and damage to soil and water.
This project seeks to explose veiled information about these crops and provide the public with data left out or obscured by loosley monitored food production and labeling systems.
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Written, Directed and Edited by Stefani Bardin
Videography: Elisa Giardina Papa, Jethro Soudant, Stefani Bardin
Design: Stefani Bardin + Justin L. James
Animation: Justin L. James
Motion Graphics: Ellwood-Leo Spafford
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References:
Monsanto Wins Latest U.S. Sugar Beet Ruling
Food Labels: How to Spot Hidden Sugars
