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Extending impact and expanding reach
Take your impact outcome to the next level. Seize the Moment is pleased to offer current Humanities Lab students the opportunity to apply for up to $1,000 for Lab outcomes to enhance their vision, reach wider audiences, and expand public impacts.
Through our mini-grant program, students have produced podcasts and videos, organized public events, built gardens, and more.
To learn more about Seize the Moment Amplifier mini-grants, you can keep reading to view past and current mini-grants. If you're a current student in a Humanities Lab course, you can learn more about applying.
If you have questions, please contact Seize the Moment Initiative Coordinator Bri Noonan at [email protected]
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Old McDonald's Farm
Lab: Food, Health and Climate Change, Fall 2021Type: Art, Performance
Team: Zane Encinas, Ziggy Bowker
For many low-income communities, McDonald’s and other globalized fast-food chains are more accessible and affordable than grocery stores and farmers’ markets. With such high rates of obesity and heart disease, the negative implications for the nation's health are undeniable.
In response to public backlash about the lack of nutrition in their food items, McDonald’s has allocated millions of dollars in PR to convince consumers that their meals are a part of a healthy diet without any meaningful material changes to their business model.
Staged as an interactive and immersive performance art piece and installations, Old McDonald's Farm is a parodic imagining of a dystopic, yet eerily possible future that confronts the audience with the embarrassing humor of greenwashing in the food industry while simultaneously evoking reflection on the food swamps, local foods, the fast-food industry, and health.
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