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Uncategorized / 12.07.2025

The process of developing this exposition begins not with walls or lighting plans, but with questions: what should be felt, not just seen? How can space become a medium for reflection, ritual, and transformation? At the core of this layout is the table, not merely a display surface, but an active, living site of encounter. It is where food, memory, and material presence converge. In my work, food is more than sustenance or metaphor; it is a sculptural and sensory language that speaks to ancestral knowledge, ecological cycles, and cultural memory. The table becomes a centre of gravity around which the...

Uncategorized / 09.07.2025

“Leśnia” is not a representation of the forest; it is the forest, reimagined as an immersive, sensory-driven installation that collapses the boundary between art and environment. Through the interplay of light, scent, sound, and material presence, it invites not just observation but participation. The forest becomes a living medium, a co-creator of atmosphere and perception. What struck me most was the way this installation activated embodied memory. As light filtered through translucent layers and the air filled with the scent of moss, earth, and green growth, I found myself slipping into a state of slowed attention. It was no longer about...

Level 7 / 01.07.2025

Yoshihiro Narisawa, the owner-chef of restaurant NARISAWA in Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo, is one of Japan’s world-class chefs and an artist dedicated to crafting a variety of innovative food creations.For more than 20 years, Narisawa has been focused on the culture found in rural foothill villages of Japan, called satoyama culture, where people coexist closely with nature. He explores the rich food culture and the ancestral wisdom passed down there, and expresses it through his uniquely creative cooking style—establishing a new genre he calls “innovative satoyama cuisine.” His work demonstrates his philosophy of “beneficial and sustainable gastronomy,” environmentally-conscious gourmet dining that shows...

Uncategorized / 16.06.2025

A Sensory Cookbook as Artistic Practice Wild Rituals: A Sensory Cookbook as Artistic Practice By Beata Skorek In my current MA project, I explore how food, memory, and embodied ritual can become artistic material. Wild Rituals is not a cookbook in the traditional sense – it is a sensory field guide, an archive of domestic magic, a feminist and ecological reflection on nourishment, care, and transformation. Rooted in both Slavic and Welsh traditions of foraging and folk healing, the book reclaims wildness as something intimate, grounded, and relational. It invites the reader to taste, touch, smell, and remember. 🍂 The Concept This project positions the cookbook...

Uncategorized / 15.06.2025

The Wilanów Menu is an interdisciplinary project, the finale of which took place in the royal palace in Wilanów. This social project aimed to organize a local group of history and culinary enthusiasts. Participants copied, analyzed and prepared the menus of the former owners of the Palace in Wilanów, including the Potocki family. The project supervisor was Prof. Jarosław Dumanowski, who introduced the participants to the secrets of "reading" historical menus. These documents were transcribed and analyzed, both theoretically and practically. An important element was the culinary workshops, during which recipes consistent with historical recipes were recreated. It was a...

Uncategorized / 14.06.2025

In Situ is a restaurant located in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art . The concept was conceived by Corey Lee (chef), who is also the owner and head chef of nearby 3-Michelin-starred Benu . Unlike many fine-dining restaurants that strive to create unique culinary offerings, In Situ has based its menu on detailed recreations of signature dishes from other chefs at other restaurants. Lee's role at the restaurant is described in press reports as executive chef and curator. In 2021, the restaurant announced the end of its five-year run at SFMOMA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SFy0gqZyG4 One of those invited to collaborate was the Polish...

Uncategorized / 10.06.2025

1. The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) – Machynlleth, Wales While not strictly an artistic project, many Welsh artists collaborate with CAT to create installations and events related to environmental conservation. For instance, workshops held there use recycled materials to engage local communities and raise awareness about sustainability issues. Exhibitions and projects, such as multimedia installations powered by renewable energy, encourage visitors to reflect on their everyday consumption habits. 2. Tŷ Pawb – Wrexham, Wales Tŷ Pawb (House for Everyone) is an arts, market, and community hub that frequently hosts exhibitions focused on mental health and well-being in the context of the environment....

Uncategorized / 05.06.2025

Interdisciplinary activities aimed at both education and experiencing wild food were the guiding principles of a group of artists, chefs and biologists who work as the "Food thin Thank" foundation operating in Poland, in Wrocław.The result of their activities was a series of artistic installations. Among them was the installation "Forest" in 2015."Installation - Forest" - was the culmination of a year-long process of researching the forest. According to the creators, forests, covering 30 percent of the surface of Poland, are a space still untouched by humans, and contain many contents that can help rebuild human identity. They are also...

Uncategorized / 03.06.2025

The “Material Ecology” exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), curated by Paola Antonelli, was more than a showcase of Neri Oxman’s work—it was a form of “established research.” Oxman, a trailblazer at the intersection of design, biology, and technology, used the exhibition as a platform to explore new models of collaboration between humans, the environment, and technology. The exhibits, ranging from structures created through human-robot symbiosis to materials inspired by natural processes, were not merely outcomes of prior research but actively contributed to knowledge production by redefining the relationship between art, science, and nature. Strategies of Presentation and Knowledge...