Galassia

An unexpected discovery was made by the astronomers of the Max Planck Institute. The remnants of the Sagittarius B2 dust cloud, at the center of our galaxy, contain a substance called ethyl formate, which is chemically responsible for the raspberry taste. Scientists have traced back from the composition of the substance to its flavor, establishing that the Milky Way, formed mainly of ethyl formate, if only it was tangible, to taste a little of its material, our taste buds would remember the flavor of raspberry.

Based on this discovery, in 2018 the artist convinced ice cream makers across Rome to change the name of raspberry ice cream to Galassia. This relational artwork is an attempt to question established knowledge beliefs and to preserve it in this way in collective memory.