worldwide known art food appears in the extended version called artfood 2016+ in the astonishing, new cultural institution centre for the meeting of cultures in lublin.
centre for the meeting of cultures in lublin invites you to the opening of the art food 2016+ exhibition, to be held on 10 november 2016 at 6 pm
the opening will be accompanied by a molecular gastronomy showcase by jean bos, master chef at the agit hotel and the recipient of the “2007 best chef of the world” title. a molecular cuisine tasting will follow the showcase.
scheduled for november 10 at 6 pm, the opening will be accompanied by a molecular gastronomy show by pioneer of molecular gastronomy jean bos, master chef at the agit hotel and the recipient of the “2007 best chef of the world” title, who will also showcase the artfood range of crockery. the showcase will be followed by a molecular cuisine tasting, featuring dishes prepared with younger guests in mind.
for the duration of the exhibition, on every saturday (november 12, 19, 26, 2016) family-oriented ceramic workshops will be held, during which participants will familiarize themselves with decorating mugs and plates as well as with creating self-hardening clay (non-firing clay) holiday ornamentation.
organized by the adam mickiewicz institute, artfood is an international project integrating a number of domains: design world and the ceramic industry, education with professional reality, a diverse set of work methods and lived-in experience of numerous cultures. the aim of the project is to create unique and functional ceramic kitchenware – objects that can be used to showcase culinary art and which, by highlighting the beauty of exceptional dishes, may serve as a canvas for top chefs and cutting-edge food stylists.
this year, 12 students from two tertiary schools (cracow’s academy of fine arts and new york’s pratt institute) participated in the fourth iteration of the project. under the tutorship of marek cecuła, they created their own unique ceramic ware. at the beginning of july, the young designers attended art food workshops held at ćmielów design studio in the porcelain factory. the results of their work were previewed in the alchemia club in cracow.
in fall 2016 the designs were shown in the in-house gallery of the academy of fine arts in cracow as well as in the david weeks studio in manhattan. artfood 2016+ is shown for the first time ever in the centre for the meeting of cultures in lublin and for that reason it has been complemented by exhibits created in the course of previous workshops.
co-organized by marek cecuła’s modus design studio, academy of fine arts in cracow, pratt institute in new york, polish porcelain factories “ćmielów” and “chodzież” jsc, and ćmielów design studio. sponsored by the agit hotel – congress & spa, the exhibition is organized in partnership with lublin design institute.
curators of the lublin exhibition: izabela pastuszko and paweł hadrian
unique exhibition brings polish and brazilian designers together at brazil’s most prestigious museums.
in 2016, the adam mickiewicz institute, under its flagship brand culture.pl, is organizing a comprehensive presentation of polish culture in brazil. polish theater, art, film, dance, architecture, and design. the design dialogue: poland – brazil exhibition will juxtapose historical and contemporary poster art, as well as showcase contemporary icons of both polish and brazilian product design.
the 2016 presentation of polish culture in brazil is the first such comprehensive project of its kind organized by culture.pl in south america. the starting point for the creation of the program was poland and brazil’s shared rich heritage in dance, theater, and architecture. among the poles who have left a lasting mark on brazilian culture were zbigniew ziembiński, yanka rudzka, lucjan korngold, jorge zalszupin, as well as jerzy grotowski,tadeusz kantor and krzysztof kieślowski. history shows that the collision of different worlds can result in truly intriguing effects – ones that are bold, fresh and still have the power to captivate today’s audiences.
design dialogue͛s curatorial team, consisting of two polish curators magda kochanowska and ewa solarz, and brazilian curator, gabriel patrocinio, have created a space for dialogue, which will bring polish and brazilian designers together. the exhibition will also juxtapose polish and brazilian, graphic design and product design, as well as the classic and the contemporary.
the part of the exhibition focused on graphic design will feature masterpieces from the polish poster school alongside works by contemporary polish and brazilian graphic designers. posters on loan from the poster museum at wilanów are vintage posters promoting tourism to poland. they will be displayed in tandem with works by contemporary graphic designers promoting both poland and brazil. the clever riffs on the old style promotional posters will be created by polish graphic designers including robert czajka, małgorzata gurowska, marta ignerska, dawid ryski and jakub jezierski, and their brazilian counterparts bruno porto, fabio lopez, rico lins, grande circular, and estudio mola.
design dialogue will also feature the best of polish and brazilian product design – distinctive pieces from each country. the narrative of the exhibition will be built around five main categories and will present a polish design and brazilian design in each, respectively: vzór / furf design (furniture); agnieszka bar / jader almeida (glass); alicja patanowska / holaria (ceramics); kosmos project / sergio matos (tradition); and zieta prozessdesign / domingos tótora (innovation). the exhibition will be complemented by multimedia presentations, which will add a broader context and showing designs by other artists in the same categories.
accidental meetings, such as the one which sparked the organization of this exhibition, allow the designers from such distant countries as poland and brazil to discover common experiences, aspirations and initiatives –explains brazilian curator, gabriel patrocinio. different stories or contexts from the two countries allow the two groups to look together into a metaphorical ͚mirror͛ and see similarities on the other side. in this case, graphic design and the five groups of objects create a kind of axis around which the polish-brazilian dialogue on design is centered.
after a first display of the exhibition at the museum of modern art in rio de janeiro (museu de arte moderna do rio de janeiro, mam) from june 4th– july 3rd, 2016, the exhibition will be on view at the national museum in brasilia (museu nacional do conjunto cultural da república) starting november 1st through 27th 2016.