Metabolic Kitchen for a New Geologic Era
For the next two years the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin will be exploring the anthropocene- the proposed beginning of the current human-centric affected geologic era. I am working with the architecture group Raumlabor to build a metabolic kitchen from January 10-13.
Through this project, the revelation of this process demonstrates the co-evolution of human and machine that has taken place to enhance the emergence of cuisine and ultimately access to nutrition that helps the species perpetuate and survive. Come visit us and experience food as a subject of our evolution.
www.goorsha.net
For the next six weeks I will be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It will be my second trip since 2010. This time I will be there in connection with the Berlin based art project, the Institut für Raumexperimente. I have started a food project about cultural knowledge exchange called Goorsha, which translates as friendship through food in the Amharic language. Please visit the website www.goorsha.net to learn more and get updates about our exciting work.
AESOP 4th Sustainable Food Planning Conference
The 4th AESOP (Association of European Schools of Planning) Food Planning Conference will take place from November 1-3, 2012 at the Technical University in Berlin. The theme this year will be evolving places, processes and products; changing food systems in an urban world. I will be presenting my Rations project as a case study for the growing convergence of food, design, technology and the arts as a contemporary creative trope and the usefulness of participatory models of engagement within food systems planning.
Every Bite is Political
Intergenerational Food Memories
Thursday, July 12 Taste and memory are strongly associated. It affects everyone from old to young. How can we express our taste memories, even if they are happy or sad? And what does that say about our lives, our personal and collective histories? I will be working with participants of every age who are invited to join the discussion at the BMW-Guggenheim Urban Lab as part of a day themed around Age. In the evening everyone is welcome to bring food to share and help prepare food while recalling food histories and family recipes.
Thursday July 12 Program: Lab Team member Corinne Rose introduces the topic of the day: Age. Today 20 percent of the population is older than 65; in 2060 every third person will have reached that age. The effect of the aging population on the urban environment and on social services is one of the most significant global challenges—and opportunities—of the next 50 years. How can we take advantage of the wisdom of past experience? Discover a range of innovative projects, community initiatives, and public services designed to meet this growing need. This program is in German.
Cities and Intergenerational Interaction 2:30 pm–5 pm
Ageless Evening 6 pm–9:30 pm
The BMW-Guggenheim Urban Lab is located in the northern courtyard (Hof 3) of the Pfefferberg complex in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin. The Lab is accessible from two sides: Schönhauser Allee 176 (via Hof 5), and Christinenstrasse 18/19 (via Hof 1 and 2).
Making Parking Spaces Edible
Join me with the BMW-Guggenheim Urban Lab on Thursday June 28 for a series of actions on the street to find out what could happen if parking spaces were transformed into mobile gardens, kitchens, and experimental food labs. This event is inspired by the original concept of Rebar Parklets and PARK(ing) Days. It is intended to raise awareness of the importance of urban public space and the need to rethink the way we use our streets.
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14:00-16:00 Share Your Food will show us how to create ideas for urban spaces, for a better life together starting from our mouth. A photographer will capture all individual artworks and the whole table at the end in an artistical view printed in the sharezine “share your food”.
at 15:00 Berlin Style Shaved Ice. Try your hand at this tropical turned urban treat, scrape your own mountain of ice and choose from a number of sweet Berlin flavors.
16:00-18:00 Recipes in Motion create a lyric recipe built on the collective imagination.
at 16:00 Dumpling workshop. Who doesn’t like dumplings? We will draw from a series of traditional recipes that Oma used to make. Come by and add your own flair.
Other surrounding edible events: visit the mobile kitchen garden, make a smoothie with bicycle power, play the Rations card game that will envision a more sustainable food system.
See the Labplatz Facebook page for up to date details on location and participants or just come by Pfefferberg (Schönhauser Allee 176 10119 Berlin) and comb the streets in surrounding Mitte to find us.
Rations at Berlin Taste Festival
I am pleased to present Rations: my interactive game about food scarcity and sustainable resources at the Berlin Taste Festival June 1-10 at das Direktorenhaus in Berlin. The 10 day festival features the imaginations of a global array of food artists and designers. Visit the program so not to miss the interesting lineup of performances and workshops, like the Guerilla Restaurant featuring, Sensuous food, Emotional Taste dinner by artist Ayako Suwa or the screening of the film Jiro Dreams of Sushi about a 85 year old sushi master in Tokyo, a secret garden culinary experience by Inés Lauber, and more from artists like Dutch food designer Marije Vogelzang.
Rations will be held on Sunday, June 10 17:00-19:00. There is no entrance fee to participate. Das Direktorenhaus is located Am Krögel 10179 Berlin.
Sustainable Food Planning: Evolving Theory and Practice
I am pleased to have a contributed “Progress through Process: Preparing the Food Systems Report for the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning GoTo 240 Plan” in the journal Sustainable food planning: evolving theory and practice edited by André Viljoen and Johannes S.C. Wiskerke. It will be available from the beginning of April and can be ordered through Wageningen Academic Publishers.