Sugar Music

Food. Music. Both are central to human culture. Both are produced and governed by systems that are designed for profit, convenience, and hyper-consumption. As eaters and listeners, our choices are limited and even manipulated, compromising quality and maximizing corporate control. But while food trends lead us to become increasingly mindful of health, sustainability, and ethics, we don’t necessarily think and act so consciously about what we put in our ears. Does your favourite music hide ingredients and additives that are bad for your health? Sugar Music invites us to pay more attention—a call for equal discernment when it comes to delicious and delightful listening. Head-bobbing bops, thought-infused melodies and feral sound are forms of resistance: this is a tasting menu to whet the aural appetite and engage with the social, political, and cultural implications of music.