A correction was added to this article Oct. 22.Because of a reporting error, the Oct. 21 article “Meal time conversations exhibit conjures food, family memories” gave the incorrect location for an exhibit of Pete Goché’s work. The Karolyn Sherwood Gallery is at 835 42nd St. in Des Moines, not West Des Moines. The Daily regrets this error.

Growing up with 14 brothers and sisters, Pete Goché was no stranger to hearing an array of conversation around the dinner table. Still, years later, it’s the table that’s doing the talking in Goché’s latest exhibit, “Of Course, Of Course, Of Course.”

Goché, graduate student in architecture, will premiere his latest artwork at the Karolyn Sherwood Gallery, 835 42nd St. in Des Moines. The exhibit is an installation with audio pertaining to the mealtime experience. The product of Goché’s extensive thesis work, “Of Course, Of Course, Of Course,” features elements from three different departments at Iowa State — English, music and anthropology.

“My thesis is about place settings,” Goché says.

So just how does a graduate student in architecture end up creating a thesis project involving the mealtime experience?

“It was kind of radical,” Goché says.

He said he knew that space was a concern in exhibiting architectural thesis work, so he began to look at a smaller-scale project. Due to his large family and agricultural background, the mealtime experience seemed to be a medium worth exploring.

“I think food, in general, as a subject matter, has become an issue because it is not easily obtained,” Goché says.

The concept of appreciating food is something Goché has lived with his entire life. Goché connects a childhood growing up on a farm outside of Osage — raising hogs and growing vegetable gardens — as well as his large family as experiences that allowed him to appreciate mealtime and the memories associated with it.

Viewers of Goché’s exhibit will witness an array of installations regarding food, agriculture, cultural inclusion and the different meanings of food and the mealtime experience. “Of Course, Of Course, Of Course” features a variety of abstract artwork, including feed sacks used to symbolize a universal food source and grocery sacks that have been crushed, pressed or flattened, pierced with needles and joined with a universal single chain stitch in an effort to “bind the story.”

Also included in the exhibit is a biomisography — a multi-media biography with narrative aspects — entitled “Tabletongue,” which takes a look at the mealtime experience throughout history and includes personal commentary from Goché.

Still, perhaps the most significant installation in “Of Course, Of Course, Of Course” is the “Tabletop.” The centerpiece of the exhibit, “Tabletop” is an abstract piece of art meant to give the illusion of a table. It includes six drains that contain speakers.

Five of the speakers will feature audio commentary from vocalists, which include Dolores Goché, David Burns and Debra Marquart. This sixth speaker contains no audio commentary, which is muted to allow for the viewer to attempt to connect their own personal mealtime memories with the exhibit.

Memories — if they are anything like Goché’s — are quite meaningful. Just weeks before the exhibit opens, there is no doubt that the tabletop of Goché’s youth was a somewhat ceremonious place. Just ask Goché.

“Mealtime was sacred,” Goché says.

Who: Pete Goché, “Of Course”

Where: Karolyn Sherwood Gallery

When: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday to Friday; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday; Thursday to Nov. 13

Cost: To be announced