Edible Playscapes: A Hands-On Dining Experience
June 2024
Aluminium artefact + performance
Exhibited in EMMA Kreativzentrum as part of a three-month residency program.
Pforzheim, Germany
‘Edible Playscapes: A Hands-On Dining Experience’ explores eating as play to positively transform the traditional Western dining experience without the use of cutlery. By reimagining the dining table as a playscape, this project empowers individuals to explore with their hands, experiment freely, and create food combinations that encourage reflections on our dining rituals. The shared metal surface, reminiscent of a food preparation area, provides a space where making a mess is acceptable and encouraged. Play becomes a means of engaging creatively and meaningfully, while emphasising touch as a mindful and intimate way of eating, one that challenges conventional social and cultural norms.
The project included research, interviews, a workshop event and a final performance.
Through play, the cake had its cultural shaping destroyed and reshaped, allowing diners to engage in a more meaningful way.
Performance.This project was part of a group exhibition in EMMA Kreativzentrum in Pforzheim, Germany in July 2024.
Photo by Richard Rotfuss.
One day experimental workshop that led to the final artefact.During the workshop, participants were encouraged to explore eating as play through touch, inspired by the culturally familiar traditions of Vesper and Kaffee und Kuchen.
Photo by Elisa Lutteral.