Gambas on Wheels

admin — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:23:10 +0000

A play of ideas on the rythm of daily life, the wasting of energy, culinary instruments and the temperature, Gambas on Wheels consists of a travelling aperitif cooked in motion on the engine of a moving car.

Monstse Guillén and Miralda headed a train of twenty one cars, model Seat 600, which set off from Moritz’s headquarters in Barcelona and proceeded to the city of Girona.

Each 600 had a carefully prepared hermetic package containing fresh prawns seasoned with beer, lemon juice, olive oil, red pepper and salt. During the journey, the packages of prawns placed on the hottest part of the engine were cooked to the optimal point just as planned. Washed down with more beers, the initiating ritual of Gambas on Wheels was consumed in the park of Girona.

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GAMBAS ON WHEELS

Forum Gastronomico de Girona/ Salón Barcelona Degusta
Girona/Barcelona, February 17-21, 2007
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Realization: FC/Montse Guillen
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Contributors: Equip Tatjer, equipo Moritz/ Seat 600, Alen Coll
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Production: Moritz
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Photos: Pere Ferrer y Archivo FC
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Video: Nanouk Films

Digestible News

admin — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:17:48 +0000

Presented during Miami Art Base 2011 in the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO) in the context of the exhibition “Frames and Documents: Conceptualist Practices”, “Digestible News” is an interactive action in which visitors experimented with the idea of creating, eating, digesting news…literally.

Thanks to wafer paper, pencils and digital print with eadible ink, participants could draw their own section of the newspaper Kreëmart News; politics, local news, letters to the editor, horoscope, arts and culture, etc. or simply send a picture to illustrate one of this sections and print it.

The action was meant to offer the public an opportunity to be part of a “newsroom” where, sitting at different tables, they could create their own page that reflected the news they consume daily, without knowing if they’ll be easy to digest.

Digestible News or Edible Media is an event for the news-hungry and a metaphoric reflection on press and food.

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DIGESTIBLE NEWS

Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, CIFO Art Space / Miami Art Basel.
Miami, Dicember 1st, 2010
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Realization: FC/ Miralda
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Production:
Kreëmart: Gemma Ponsa, Marta Arenal, Raphaël Castoriano, María García-Lubén, Asya Bachelis
CIFO: Patricia Garcia-Velez
Centro Cultural Español. Miami: Roxi Azuaje, Laura Mintz, Rafael Cabezas
Food Cultura: Cova Nájera, Elisa Rodríguez-Vila, César Trasobares
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Photos: Archivo FC
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Video: www.kreemart.com

Olienunllum

admin — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:08:35 +0000

Action / installation around the olive tree in the patio of the Miró Foundation, consisting of an aperitif made up of a cocktail concocted from a distillation of 47.5^oArbequino olive oil and served in test tubes. The “Miró 47.5^o”was offered on an oval olive-shaped table, illuminated by oil lamps. The aperitif culminated in a tasting of homemade breads drenched in extra virgin Arbequino olive oil.

The action was a celebration of the sensory, nutritive and curative properties of olive oil, that suggests to us a reflection on HIV. According to a scientific study carried out at the University of Granada, a component of the skin of the olive slows down the propagation of the AIDS virus within the organism up to 80%.

OLIENULLUM formed the closing ritual of the “You are not alone” exhibition organized by the ARTAIDS Foundation in collaboration with the Joan Miró Foundation.

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OLIENUNLLUM

Exhibition “You are not Alone”, Fundación Joan Miró
Barcelona, Septiembre 8, 2010
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Realization: FC/Miralda
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Cocktail: Fizz Bartenders
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Lighting: Josep Maria Civit
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Contributors: Tot Oli, A Casa Portuguesa y Gin Mare
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Production: Art Aids y Fundación Miró
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Photos: Pepi de Boissieu, Luis Santos

Alba

admin — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:00:30 +0000

A Celebration of the Dawn

Breakfast banquet / Tribute to the winged lionesses of the Velazquez Palace, celebrated at the dawn of the 2010 Madrid White Night.

The action unfolded in seven steps:

-6.00 am: Assembly and sharing out in the Alcalá Gate. Each participant was given a “DawnCape” (a cape with the action’s itinerary printed on it)
-6.15 am: Let the Game begin! Division into two groups at the Galapagos Fountain. Each participant could choose to join the “sweet” or the “salty” group. In turn each group was led off by a musician (saxophone – salty and “tarota” – sweet)
-6.45 am: The two groups met up at the Egyptian Fountain. Canteen were distributed – blue for the “sweets” and pink for the “salties” – to be filled with water from the fountain.
-7.00 am: Energy-giving tasting at the Alcachofa Fountain. Everyone was given a 600mg capsule of ”cynara scolymus“.
-7.15 am: Distribution of blue and pink empty lunchboxes at the Crystal Palace
-7.30 am: Banquet Tribute to the two winged lionesses that guard the Velazquez Palace. Special guest: the monument of the Fallen Angel, represented by two still-life’s – the Red Devil (salty) and the Blue Angel (sweet). The breakfast consisted of two buns made with sweet and sour ingredients. The participants could fill their lunchbox with one of the buns, accompanied by a banana and hot chocolate.
-7.52 am: Sunrise, breakfast on the lawn of the Campo Grande garden. The participants used their DawnCapes as their picnic cloth.

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ALBA

“La Noche en Blanco”, Parque del Retiro
Madrid, September 12, 2010
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Realization: FC/Miralda-Montse Guillen
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Breakfast: Belen Laguia, Daniel Guerrero y Circulo de Bellas Artes
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Musicians: Angel Rodriguez, Daniel Garrido
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Contributors: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Taller Vallirana
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Production : MataderoMadrid
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Curator: Basurama
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Photos: Mister, Andres de Gabriel

Vajilla Imaginaria

admin — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 10:54:30 +0000

Imaginary Crockery is a project born in Barcelona in which more than two hundred people have generously collaborated

Artists, designers, cineasts, cooks, architects, neighbours and the intemerata were asked to make an intervention of their own choice of format and content on a white plate. The plates were auctioned for the Food Cultura Museum project.

The extraordinary imaginary crockery reveals the most surprising registry of experiences its authors have lived in their imagination, the keys to their memories of aromas and flavours. It proclaims criticisms and accusations. It expresses fantasies and longings.

Moritz made possible the publication of a catalogue of this valuable and productive assembly.

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VAJILLA IMAGINARIA

Auction/Exhibition. Food Cultura Museum, Casa de la Prensa
Barcelona, July 11-17 , 2003
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Realization: FC/Ignasi Duarte y los autores de los platos; Antoni Abad, Ignasi Aballí, Carlos Abellán, Josep Abril, Ferran Adriá, AdriáNómada, Sergi Aguilar, Xavier Agulló, Pep Agut, Ailanto, Alma Rosa, Vicenç Altaió, Chema Alvargonzález, Alfonso Alzamorra, Fernando Amat, Frederic Amat, Nuria Amat, Jaume Amigó, Robert Antoni, Marcel.lí Antúnez, Ignacio Añoveros, Miquel Aparaci, Rafael Argullol, Elisa Arimany, Xano Armenter, Alfredo Arribas, Aurelia Artigas, Francesc Arumí, Jordi Asin, Gustavo Barba, Jordi Benito, Raimon Bergós, Carlos Betancourt,Bigas Luna, Jordi Bigues, Conxita Boncompte, Maria Luisa Borrás, Pol Borrás, Oriol Cava, Sergi Caballero, Antoni Campins, Yamandu Canosa, Juli Capella, Albert Casañé, Robert Chambers, Joan Clos, Mireia Clotet, Isabel Coixet, Alen Coll, Jordi Colomer, Agustí Comabella, Delfuego, Joan Descarga, Ignasi Duarte, Lluis Duran, Pep Duran, Pere Duran, Cora Egger, Begoña Egurbide, Emiliana Design Studio, Francisco Epelde, Manel Esclusa, Leonardo Escoda, Antoni Escribá, Christian Escribá, Roberto Escudero, Rosa Esteva, Evru, Sol Fábrega, Matilde Fabregat, Jean-Luc Figueras, Ricardo Flores, Josep Font, Associació de Veins i Veines del barri Font de la Guatlla-Magoria, Food Cultura Museum, Axel Fortuny, Javier Franch, La Fura dels Baus, Carles Gaig, Beth Galí, Agusti Garcia, Conxita Garcia, Joan Gardy Artigas, Lynne Golob Gelfman, Maria Gorgues, Francisco de Goya, Joan Guals, Xefo Guasch, Romà Gubern, Montse Guillén, Francesc Guitart, Martí Guixé, Paco Guzman, Carles Hac Moc, Luki Huber, Ricardo Iglesias, Laura Iniesta, Isao, Ben Jakober, Jaume Josa, Andreas M.Kaufmann, Beat Keller, Mathias Krahn Joan Laporta, Daniel Lemmi, Juan Lezcano, Antoni Llena, Carme Llevadot, Robert Llimós, Francesca Llopis, Pasqual Maragall, Uli Marchsteiner, David Marès Ylla, Javier Mariscal, Mia Martí, Josep Maria Martí Font, Josep Maria Martin, Manolo Martin, F.Xavier Medina, Medina Campeny, Leila Méndez, Charles Metras, Anna Miquel, Ana Mir, Miralda, Domènec Miralles, Antoni Miró, Kiku Mistu, Quim Monzó, Emiliano Mora, Flavio Morais, Josep Munné, Muntadas, Takashi Nakayama, Nazario, Pere Noguera, Victor Nubla, Xavier Olivé, Jaume Ollé, Charo Oquet, Emili Padrós, Ada Parellada, Ramón Parellada, Jordi Parramón, José Luis Pascual, Perico Pastor, Carlos Pazos, Karin Peine, Conxita Peñalver, Bar Pinotxo, Jaume Plensa, Pere Portabella, Eva Prats, Fermí Puig, Josep Puig, Pablo Quert, Desirée Ragetle, Tere Recarens, Rosa Regás, Teresa Reyes, Pau Riba, David Ribas, Angela Ribé, Alicia Rios, Ion de la Riba, Quico Rivas, Joan Roca, Gisela Rodriguez, Octavi Rofes Barón, Agustin Roqué, Maria Àngels Roqué, Benet Rossell, Enric Rovira, Gino Rubert, Xavier Rubert de Ventós, Francesc Ruestes, Isabel Ruiz, Enric Ruiz-Geli, Sabala, Zoe Sala, Amèrica Sánchez, Carlos Santos, Chelo Sastre, Salvador Saura, Jaume Sisa, Juli Soler, maRc taeGeR, Benedetta Tagliabue, Mette Tommerup, Ramon Torrente, Francesc Torres, Gabriel Torres, César Trasobares, Mattthew Tree, Tres, Oriol Tresserra, Fundació Triptolemos, Carolina Tubau, Josep Uclés, Chu Uroz, Jaume Vallcorba, Isabel Valverde, Freddy Van Den Borren, Vasava, Josep Veciana, Antoni Verdaguer, Rosa Vergés, Luis Vidal, Jorge Wagensberg, Esther Xagay, Yannick Vu, David Ymbermon, Hélène Yousse, Johannes Zacheri, Carolina Zendrera
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Collaborators: Fundación Antoni Tapies, CCCB, Grupo Tragaluz, Videolab, Videografia, John Zvereff, Rosa Pera, Garcia de Pou, Escribá, Santi Llabrés, Carles Abellán, Mahala Alzamora and Equip Tatjer
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Production: Ajuntamen de Barcelona, Centre Gestor del Parc de Montjuic
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Photos: Pere Ferrer y Rocco Ricci

Sabores y Lenguas

admin — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 10:51:11 +0000

Tastes and Tongues is a Project in process with a double objective:

On the one hand to contribute to the perpetuation of local culinary traditions, many of which are still in the oral transmission phase and risk disappearing. On the other to codify a poetic memory of the types of food on today’s tables with the aim of constructing a rigorous archive which uses the dish as material support, the tongue as iconographic element and the taste as metaphor.

To achieve these objectives, Food Cultura is promoting and coordinating the research, compilation and systematization of gastro-cultural knowledge in dialogue with local groups and protagonists. Cartography in the double format of Dish and Tongue has already been completed for the following cities:

Caracas, Lima, Bogota, Mexico City, Havana, Miami, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Athens, Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Copenhagen, Dublin, Stockholm, Helsinki, Lisbon, London, Luxemburg, Madrid, Paris, Rome and Vienna.

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SABORES Y LENGUAS

Exhibitions: City Plates: 1ª Bienal de Estambul, 1997; SyL 13 ciudades: CCE Miami, April-May 2002; SyL 15 platos capitales: Fundación ICO, Madrid, May-September 2002; SyL Caracas. Museo de Bellas Artes de Caracas, November 2004, January 2005; SyL Lima. CCE Lima, March-April 2005; SyL Bogotá. Museo de Bogotá, August-October 2005; SyL Ciudad de México. CCE México, December 2005-February 2006; SyL La Habana. 9ª Bienal de La Habana, La Habana, March-April 2006; SyL Miami. CCE Miami, TransEAT Miami, June-July 2006; SyL São Paulo. 27ª Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, October-December 2006, SyL Montevideo. CCE Montevideo, April-June 2007; SyL Buenos Aires. Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, July-September 2007.
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Realization: FC/Miralda
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Collaborators: Rosi Morales, the authors of Latin America Vajilla Imaginaria plates and all collaborators of various visited countries.
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Production: Seacex, Institut Ramon Llull, Generalitat de Catalunya
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Photos: Archivo FC

Power Food

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This Project accentuates the idea of “medifood” (food and medicine) and so-called energy-giving food, delving into the magical powers of certain culinary recipes, the practices of natural medicine and the properties of drugs and home remedies used in the different gastronomic cultures.

From the current products given to us by the world of sport to the recipes based on reptiles and mushrooms of the ancient Chinese civilization, food has always sought for those unthinkable potions and miraculous substances which alter the perception and increase the vigour of their recipients. Power Food explores those hypertrophied products and shows their significance and impact in the order of factual powers, in the confines of the economy, publicity and the beliefs and superstitions which underlie them.

The project is completed by the publication of the “POWER FOOD LEXIcom”, a dictionary-like register-memory which articulates the concept of Food Cultura.

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POWER FOOD

Exhibitions:
Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporaneo (ARTIUM)
Alava, June 4th-November 2nd, 2008
Es Baluard Museu d’Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma
Palma de Mallorca, February 20th-May24th, 2009
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Realization: FC/Miralda
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Collaborators: Rosi Morales, Corali Mercader, Sergio Lopez, EGM
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Production: Artium, Es Baluard and Food Cultura
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Publishing: Power Food LEXIcom / Edicions del Eixample
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Photos: Archivo FC

Picantó a la Moritz

admin — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 10:41:53 +0000

Was presented in the BCN degusta Salon on the occasion of the publication of the book “Imaginary Crockery”. It was a recipe whose basic ingredients were a “picantó” chicken and a can of beer.

The master of ceremonies blended a sauce of honey, mustard, sea salt, ground black pepper, olive oil and a quarter part of the contents of a can of beer. Following that the “picantón” was coated with the sauce and was proudly perched in a comfortable position upon the can which was already in the roasting tray. After a quarter of an hour at 250^othe “picantón” was ready to eat. The tasting was accompanied by beer. And more beer.

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PICANTÓ A LA MORITZ

Salón BCN Degusta, Barcelona
Stand Moritz, November 10-11, 2005
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Realization: FC/Montse Guillen
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Collaborators: Equip Tatjer, Dani Aixelá, Alen Coll
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Production: Moritz
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Photos: Pere Ferrer

Pão, Vinho, Azeite, Bacalhau

admin — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 10:38:18 +0000

An event co-produced by Portugal Convida and Food Cultura within the Portuguese cultural week in Barcelona.

Why certain soups in Portugal are referred to in one way or another, why a mother is said to have “the power to cut salted cod”, why a type of bread is known by a specific name or a wine is born from a particular grape.

All these stories about the Portuguese table were what Virgilio Gomes related to us during this event where there were tastings of bread, wine, oil and salted cod, the pillars of Portuguese gastronomy.

Virgilio Gomes is a critic and writer on Portuguese cooking and without a doubt among those who best know the culinary spirit of that country. We invite you to get to know his blog where you can read various stories of his. In this way Food Cultura and Portugal Convida 2011 presents Virgilio in his own space with his best food chronicles.

Our thanks to “Casa Portuguesa” for their excellent cuisine!

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PÃO, VINHO, AZEITE, BACALHAU

“Portugal Convida”
Espacio Food Cultura – Edificio Moritz
Barcelona, June 7, 2011
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Realization: Food Cultura
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Collaborators: Virgilio Gómez, A Casa Portuguesa, Ana Lai, Nat San Martín, Claudia Galindo
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Co-production: Portugal Convida & Food Cultura
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Photos: Food Cultura

Panlingua

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Bread is, possibly, the most universal food in existence. It is counted among the few foods called supracultural. Within the framework of the collective project “banquet, metabolism and communication” the “PANlingua” project proposed a double invitation: on the one hand, to think of bread as the carrier of thoughts; and on the other to reflect on the role of language as organ of taste and, at the same time, as system of intracultural communication.

To this end two wood-burning ovens have been installed in the Conde Duque de Madrid Cultural centre, in which a large number of homemade bread rolls were baked daily. Messages written by all the visitors to the exhibition and the website were printed on paper and introduced into the dough.

These rolls were distributed to bars and restaurants close to the exhibition space. In this way a new means of communication emerged from a piece of bread – and what’s more, it was edible.

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PANLINGUA

Exhibition “Banquete” Centro Cultural Conde Duque/MediaLab.
Madrid, September 24th-November 23th, 2003
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Realization: FC/Miralda
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Collaborators: Ignasi Duarte, Hornos Tayso, Pan rustico and Museo del pan gallego
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Photos: Archivo FC

Poble News #1

admin — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:00:00 +0000

“Communion Wafers with Squid Ink” is an action organized by Food Cultura with the collaboration of the artist Alicia Ríos, that consists of a briefing to the participants followed by the presentation to each of them of a 47x33cm sheet of communion wafer as a base on which to write or sketch with fresh squid ink.

The briefing involves the visitors in the creation of the first issue of the journalistic production “Poble News #1” on an edible base, the wafers and the squid ink. Alicia Rios, for her part, has brought the different chromatic tones to the ink by means of her spices.

Each participant was encouraged to develop a page for a section of this new neighbourhood paper from a choice of themes: Politics; Economy and Crisis; Food and Gastronomy; Sport; Design and Fashion; Language, Culture and Society; Agony Aunt; Announcements; Chronicle; the World back to front; Market and Exchange; Sustainability; Comics; Beliefs and Echoes of Society.

In this way we’ve created the 77 pages of “Poble News #1”. Once the works are finished they can be taken home or even be eaten.

The Action fits within the framework of the “Poble Nou Workshops”. 19 venues opened their doors to display both the physical seat of these creative laboratories and the lines of their productivity. For this reason Miralda and Monte Guillen, founders of Food Cultura, decided to open the doors of their house in Poble Nou for this activity. Not only did the participants perform the action there but they were also invited to observe all their works – their collection as well as their extensive archive.

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POBLE NEWS #1

“Tallers Oberts del Poble Nou”, Taller/Arxiu FoodCultura
Barcelona, September 17-18 2010
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Realization: FC/Alicia Rios and all authors of Poble News #1 comestible pages
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Photos: Arxiu FC

Oda a la Papa

admin — Mon, 28 May 2012 13:06:17 +0000

The potato is a fundamental nutrition product in numerous zones of the planet, especially in Latin America. There is an extensive ancestral and symbolic culture around it, whose attraction we have always felt.

Ode to the Potato was configured as a parade along the length of three avenues in the Miraflores district of Lima, Peru.

The parade had seven processions:

-The Great Potato – an inflatable balloon in the shape of a giant potato
-The “Payment to the Earth” procession – a series of moving tables / altars with gifts inspired by the traditional Andean offerings to the potato
-The Huaco ritual procession – a large scale reproduction of one of the ritual pieces in the Archeological Museum of Lima
-The Close Relatives procession – fifty gigantographs of the best known varieties of Andean potatos, roots and tubers (with their original names written in quechua), as well as photographs of “guest” potatos from India, Africa, Europe and other places.
-The Transgenic Potato procession – formed by two white limousines “tuned up” with neon light and transporting a green pyramid with a potato encrusted in its apex (the symbol that appears on the dollar)
-The Sponsors procession – cars from the municipal cleaning service with advertisements and music of the Miraflores band in the background.

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ODA A LA PAPA

“Noche en Blanco”, Miraflores,
Lima May 16-17, 2008
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Realization: FC/Miralda /Marta Tatjer/Montse Guillen
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Collaborators: Municipalidad de Miraflores, Bomberos del Perú CBVP, Ejercito del Perú, Cruz Roja, Centro Internacional de la Papa, Bacu, Wilfredo Abramonte, Los Merida, Zoila Espinoza, Activa, Teatro del Milenio and the street art Eliot Urcuhuaranga
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Production: Deliveri, Plaza Vea, Tarjeta Vea, Centro Cultural de España, Fundación Wiese
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Photos: Archivo FC
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