Enough flailing about. Here is my direction.
This ration book, issued in October 1943, was the third series to be issued in New Zealand during World War II. Ration books are reminders of the food and material deprivations experienced by New Zealanders during World War II.
Ration books were first issued in April 1942 to control the purchasing of sugar and stockings. They were issued through the Post Office to the head of each household and became an essential part of daily life. Generally women were in charge of the household’s ration book, as they tended to do most of the shopping.
Tangible and palatable reminders of the sacrifices (in form of food) that men and women made during the war (undecided which, if it matters) in the battlefield (diets) and at home (rationing).
It is about memorial. Bringing relevance to youth of today as they are disconnected from the past and we have not experienced hardships like this during our lifetime. We have lived in a time of relative safety and abundance and have not had to sacrifice comfort or life for country.
What is that even like?... Create empathy in unempathetic Gen Yers
This ration book, issued in October 1943, was the third series to be issued in New Zealand during World War II. Ration books are reminders of the food and material deprivations experienced by New Zealanders during World War II.
Ration books were first issued in April 1942 to control the purchasing of sugar and stockings. They were issued through the Post Office to the head of each household and became an essential part of daily life. Generally women were in charge of the household’s ration book, as they tended to do most of the shopping.
Comment from article on ANZAC Soldier's Diets.
I saw this right after I did my ANZAC diet recreation. Little did I know he was Brooke's master's advisor! He is wonderful. His works often have themes of memorial, sacrifice etc in them in relation to NZ.
Tomb, a temporary art installation at France's leading World War One museum, will comprise approximately 40,000 First World War New Zealand and French soldier-shaped Anzac recipe biscuits stacked in the form of a memorial.
The sculpture is intended to explore the 'consumption' of martial sacrifice in conflict and, its 'celebration' and 'commemoration' in the formation of national identity. Specifically, the work will honour all those who died in the Battle of the Somme, including French and New Zealand soldiers. Its form is based on the 1:1 dimensions and shape of the Stone of Remembrance 'altar' designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and found in Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries. Tomb's positive form also references the Historial's display 'pits' in which artefacts are placed in 'negative space' below the level of the floor plane, evoking what lies beneath the battlefield's surface.
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