During my Berlin visit, two weeks ago, I came across a young artist called Uli Westphal. He had a stand at a farmers market at the Kollwitzplatz, but the produce he was showing looked awfully strange. It was the moment where I was introduced to the wonderfully strange world of Mutatoes: A collection of non-standard fruits, roots and vegetables found at Berlins Super-and Farmers Markets. Uli’s project serves to document and archive these last survivors of biological variety. View the mutatoes collection.
I am completely hooked! I truly hope Uli will sell posters of the collection overview.
what a cool, cool blog you have here.
Jul 24th, 2007 / 11:22 pm
for the past two days, i’ve gasped, giggled or smiled at almost every one of your posts. welcome back!
Jul 24th, 2007 / 11:46 pm
I love gardening and pulling out something fabulous-like a feminine carrot with the legs crossed or a tomato with a nose. Its natural personification!
Jul 25th, 2007 / 10:55 am
I would totally buy a poster of that too! (esp. cuz of the colour coordination… would look great in my flat)
Jul 29th, 2007 / 8:21 am
Uli’s Mutatoes continue to travel worldwide.
Aug 5th, 2013 / 12:12 am