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SUMMARY:Tender Acts: A Celebration of Softness
DESCRIPTION:Join Kaye Winwood and Nuala Clooney for an intimate edible ritual that embraces softness as a source of pleasure\, strength and knowledge.Recognising that food is more than nourishment\, Tender Acts invites participants to experience food as a collaborator in self-care\, connection and reflection. Through a menu of flavours\, textures and gentle acts of care—including cooling mists\, soothing massage\, aromatic exfoliants and sumptuously shaped jellies—participants are encouraged to touch\, taste and savour.This gentle multisensory experience celebrates softness and pleasure\, inviting participants to reconnect with their bodies and recognise them as sites of knowledge\, relation and becoming.The menu includes: A rose mist\, Lemon sugar scrub\, Lime jelly\, Chilli lip balm\, Brown rice tea jelly with sesame cracker\, Coffee ground exfoliate. May vary.About the facilitators: Kaye Winwood and Nuala Clooney are artists based in Birmingham\, UK. They are collaborators\, and share an interest in food as artistic practice and discourse.
URL:https://edibleconfluence.com/event/tender-acts-a-celebration-of-softness/
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SUMMARY:ENSEMBLE - Food\, Art & Community Dinner
DESCRIPTION:“What can art mean for food?”To mark the opening night of the pilot edition of EDIBLE: Food + Design Confluence in Antwerp\, the International Center for Food Design (i-fooddesign) presents ENSEMBLE – Food\, Art & Community Dinner on Wednesday\, 14 October from 18:00 onwards at Lucy’s\, Paleisstraat 41\, 2018 Antwerp. The event is made possible with the support of the District of Antwerp.ENSEMBLE is a shared dining experience exploring how food can function as a universal language—connecting people across cultures\, generations and lived experiences through art\, storytelling and the act of eating together.The evening begins with BELONGING\, a participatory artwork designed by Vishwa Patel (UAE/IT). Guests are invited to contribute their own recipes\, memories and reflections\, collectively exploring food\, cultural diversity and community in Antwerp.This is followed by an interactive Food ART Gallery designed by Raluca Blaga (RO/JP)\, before guests gather around the table for a shared meal featuring edible and thought-provoking projects by Marinella Protopapa (IT)\, Clarisse Floch (FR)\, Kristina Breznik (SI) and Tanushree Kulkarni (USA/IN).Through food\, art\, film and conversation\, ENSEMBLE transforms dinner into a participatory cultural and educational experience. Each edible project becomes a starting point for exchanging perspectives and reflecting on the relationships between food\, creativity\, culture\, society and the future of our food systems.More than simply sharing a meal\, ENSEMBLE asks what can happen when different stories\, cultures and experiences are given a place at the same table.Participation is offered on a pay-what-you-can basis\, helping to keep the experience as inclusive and accessible as possible. Those who wish to contribute can help support the organisational costs and future development of the ENSEMBLE initiative.
URL:https://edibleconfluence.com/event/ensemble-food-art-community-dinner/
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Networking,Performance,Tasting
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SUMMARY:Cooking Workshops in Preparation of the End of the World #beans
DESCRIPTION:Cooking Workshops in Preparation of the End of the World #beans is an interactive research performance exploring the world of beans and pulses and their role in the food systems of the future. Through storytelling\, sensory exercises and collective tasting experiences\, participants are invited into Sien Vanmaele’s ongoing artistic research. Blending performance\, ritual and food practice\, this experience offers a playful and reflective encounter with beans as cultural\, ecological and sensory agents. Participants will discover how these humble ingredients nourish both people and soil\, while imagining alternative food futures together. Followed by a shared beany meal.The experience is scheduled to last 60 minutes in total and includes a a specially curated cocktail/mocktail upon arrival\, followed by a 30 minute interactive performance including three sensory tastings and complete with a shared light meal centred on legumes.The performance will be delivered in English.Unfortunately\, this activity is not wheelchair accessible. The space can only be reached via a narrow staircase and there is no lift available.Facilitator bioSien Vanmaele (1990) is a Belgian theatre maker\, performer and food artist at Laika\, theatre of the senses. Through participatory performances that combine taste\, smell\, touch and storytelling\, she explores the relationship between food\, ecology and human experience. Her recent work focuses on future food systems\, translating complex environmental questions into intimate\, sensory encounters.
URL:https://edibleconfluence.com/event/cooking-workshops-in-preparation-of-the-end-of-the-world-beans/
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