Description
Photomontage screenprint, acrylic on Fabriano Rosaspina printmaking paper 285gsm, 500 x 700mm
According to Chinese folklore, this poem was composed by a homesick fisherman for his young wife in the first century CE. He inscribed the words on a silk ribbon and concealed it inside a carp, and sent it home as a gift. The simple verse read:
Eat well to keep fit, missing you, and forget me not.
Carp is one of the most widely eaten freshwater fish in the world — a staple food throughout China and much of Europe for centuries. It provides a rich source of protein, B vitamins, omega-3 fatty acids, zinc, selenium, and iodine, and contains anti-inflammatory and antioxidant compounds. In Australia it is classified a pest species, and it is not harvested.
Turning wild food resources into agricultural waste products has far reaching cultural, environmental and economic impacts.
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