This installation features one year’s worth of meat trays I collected after buying meat for my household of two, with guests at times, from June 2023 to June 2024.

“I Don’t Eat A Lot Of Meat, 2024“

Collection of foam and plastic meat trays, hand-pulled prints using aluminum etching plates on Light White Kozuke paper, metal menu holders. folding tables, table cloths.

Artist Statement

I’ve been a serious vegetarian. I’ve been a cheating vegetarian. I’ve been a half-baked vegetarian who didn’t cook with meat at home but enjoyed it lots when out. For a while, I promised I’d never again buy factory-processed meat sold on foam trays with those yuk blood diapers. Only “happy meat” would land on my table…. It’s so expensive to shop with a conscience.­­­­ Back to buying meat on trays.

Not eating meat is the easiest way to reduce my ecological footprint. So I still tell family, friends and neighbours that “I don’t eat a lot of meat.” Here’s how much meat.  Do I eat a lot of meat?