Planetary Sculpture: An Exploratory Cooking Workshop

With Genomic Gastronomy, we will use tasting, cooking and maps to explore how eating habits shape planetary patterns.

Local and global ingredients and specially prepared interactive maps will help us discover relationships between organisms, environments and food cultures on a warming planet. Rather than following fixed recipes, we will work through guided tastings, culinary experiments and discussion.

Drawing on fifteen years of the collective’s projects, we will develop prototypes of dishes and experiences such as Smog Tasting, Travelling Terroir and Food Forest Fantasies. We will move between individual ingredients, agroecological landscapes and global food systems, discovering connections between food and place.

The workshop welcomes curious cooks, designers, artists and anyone interested in food and ecological change. No experience in cooking or reading maps is required. It is part of Rog Design Days, under the theme More Than Us. You will leave with new ways of understanding relationships hidden in everyday foods.

The programme is held in English.

About Genomic Gastronomy

Genomic Gastronomy is an artist-led research collective founded by Cathrine Kramer and Zack Denfeld in 2010, joined by Emma Conley in 2013. They explore biotechnology, biodiversity and food systems, prototyping alternative culinary futures. They collaborate with scientists, chefs, hackers and farmers and share their research through publications, meals, workshops and exhibitions. They work between Amsterdam and Porto.

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Participants should gather in the entrance hall of Center Rog 15 minutes before the programme begins. Please store your personal belongings in the lockers indicated by the mentor. Do not be late, as this disrupts the working process. In case of late arrival, entry to the lab cannot be guaranteed.

In case of cancellation, you will be notified two days before the planned start of the programme.

If you are unable to attend the programme, the fee is non-refundable and the date cannot be changed. You may transfer your place to another person by notifying us at least 24 hours before the start at kuhanje@center-rog.si.

We look forward to your company and creating together!