Adriana Gallo: Pasta Cosmologies
Desuetude Press is pleased to present Pasta Cosmologies by Adriana Gallo, an exploration of pasta-making as a profound human practice interwoven with cultural memory, ecological systems, and critiques of capitalism.
Pasta Cosmologies serves as both an investigation and an offering, providing readers with traditional Italian pasta-making techniques, processes, ingredients, and recipes, alongside histories, theories, and a collection of found and author-made images. Adriana Gallo conceptualizes pasta-making as poetic labor—a tactile practice that transmits personal and political knowledge across generations, inviting audiences to reflect on cooking and eating as sites of resistance and connection.
Referencing theoretical works by Marx and Silvia Federici, Gallo examines the intersections of agriculture, labor, and capitalism, proposing pasta as a vessel of cultural memory that ties individuals to their land and community. She advocates for recipes as living records—dynamic cultural artifacts that preserve and express shared food knowledge.
Gallo encourages readers to reconnect with cultural heritage, ecological stewardship, and community through the simple yet profound act of making pasta.
Adriana Gallo is an artist, independent researcher, and culinary practitioner living and working between New York and London with roots in Milan and the Northeastern US. Her practice deals with ecologies of labor which she has explored through the forms of installation, sculpture, text, workshops, and meals.
PASTA COSMOLOGIES
ADRIANA GALLO
ISBN: 978-1-7367489-2-3
SOFTCOVER
8.5” x 5.5”
108 PAGES
PUBLISHED BY DESUETUDE PRESS
PRINTED IN SEATTLE, WA
Desuetude Press is pleased to present Pasta Cosmologies by Adriana Gallo, an exploration of pasta-making as a profound human practice interwoven with cultural memory, ecological systems, and critiques of capitalism.
Pasta Cosmologies serves as both an investigation and an offering, providing readers with traditional Italian pasta-making techniques, processes, ingredients, and recipes, alongside histories, theories, and a collection of found and author-made images. Adriana Gallo conceptualizes pasta-making as poetic labor—a tactile practice that transmits personal and political knowledge across generations, inviting audiences to reflect on cooking and eating as sites of resistance and connection.
Referencing theoretical works by Marx and Silvia Federici, Gallo examines the intersections of agriculture, labor, and capitalism, proposing pasta as a vessel of cultural memory that ties individuals to their land and community. She advocates for recipes as living records—dynamic cultural artifacts that preserve and express shared food knowledge.
Gallo encourages readers to reconnect with cultural heritage, ecological stewardship, and community through the simple yet profound act of making pasta.
Adriana Gallo is an artist, independent researcher, and culinary practitioner living and working between New York and London with roots in Milan and the Northeastern US. Her practice deals with ecologies of labor which she has explored through the forms of installation, sculpture, text, workshops, and meals.
PASTA COSMOLOGIES
ADRIANA GALLO
ISBN: 978-1-7367489-2-3
SOFTCOVER
8.5” x 5.5”
108 PAGES
PUBLISHED BY DESUETUDE PRESS
PRINTED IN SEATTLE, WA
Desuetude Press is pleased to present Pasta Cosmologies by Adriana Gallo, an exploration of pasta-making as a profound human practice interwoven with cultural memory, ecological systems, and critiques of capitalism.
Pasta Cosmologies serves as both an investigation and an offering, providing readers with traditional Italian pasta-making techniques, processes, ingredients, and recipes, alongside histories, theories, and a collection of found and author-made images. Adriana Gallo conceptualizes pasta-making as poetic labor—a tactile practice that transmits personal and political knowledge across generations, inviting audiences to reflect on cooking and eating as sites of resistance and connection.
Referencing theoretical works by Marx and Silvia Federici, Gallo examines the intersections of agriculture, labor, and capitalism, proposing pasta as a vessel of cultural memory that ties individuals to their land and community. She advocates for recipes as living records—dynamic cultural artifacts that preserve and express shared food knowledge.
Gallo encourages readers to reconnect with cultural heritage, ecological stewardship, and community through the simple yet profound act of making pasta.
Adriana Gallo is an artist, independent researcher, and culinary practitioner living and working between New York and London with roots in Milan and the Northeastern US. Her practice deals with ecologies of labor which she has explored through the forms of installation, sculpture, text, workshops, and meals.
PASTA COSMOLOGIES
ADRIANA GALLO
ISBN: 978-1-7367489-2-3
SOFTCOVER
8.5” x 5.5”
108 PAGES
PUBLISHED BY DESUETUDE PRESS
PRINTED IN SEATTLE, WA
