Having a background as a professional cook, researcher Diego Virgen (Guadalajara, México, 1989) is interested in production, procurement, consumption, and the dematerialisation and speculation that revolves around food. By exploring architectural and artistic methods, Virgen addresses spatial and social narratives of food. For his installation Meditaxion, Virgen invited Antonio Cingolani, a retired Zen monk who attempted to provided an interactive experience around the unexpected shapes of marshmallow that Virgen produces. Virgen speculates that this meditative experience enables people to manipulate their brainwaves and achieve cosmic consciousness—or at least enter a deep state of quiescence.