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Chinese artist Song Dong has utilized 72,000 biscuits, "including digestives, chocolate digestives, rich tea, hobnobs, caramels and fruit shortcake" (how very British!) in building a cityscape at London's Selfridge's department store.
There are many reasons why you might wish to see Song Dong replicate New York's skyline out of famous American brands of cookies and crackers. The possibilities are breathtaking, along the lines of Song Dong's thinking: "Eating the City" was built to highlight Mr Dong's concerns over the current development of cities in Asia which he says all look the same.
The Bowery and Lower East Side would certainly need to be a mix of broken Triscuits, wheat thins, Oreos, and Fig Newtons. Coney Island and Boardwalk could be Honey Grahams and Keebler's Pecan Sandies along with Nutter Butters sprinkled with Ritz bitz, etc. (photo: BBC)
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biscuits, bowery, coney island, cookies, crackers, lower east side, song dong
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Posted on 2/21/2006
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