Austria, 7′
An Art Historian’s Recipe is a short film homage to a friend, and advisor, art historian Douglas Crimp (1944-2019). In the 1970s, Crimp attempted to publish a Moroccan cookbook in New York City, but his project failed, and the book was never published. The film’s narration consists of excerpts from Crimp’s memoir Before Pictures. The footage is a collage of 16mm films shot between 2017 and 2021. Central to the footage are scenes of Crimp preparing a tagine dish (from his unpublished cookbook) with his students at the University of Rochester.
