✦ Ways of Eating


2022-

ongoing research project

Ways of Eating is a participatory artistic project, linked to performative and instalative
practices. Appeared in 2022, in result of an interest in working with the community and
due to my fascination with food anthropology, roots and traditions. With an inevitably
sociological, ecological and communitarian approach, this project intends to investigate
the past, present and future of food traditions and the potential of the table (set) as a
device to combat issues such as alienation, exploitation and expropriation.

Seeing the table as a place and a ritual, Ways of Eating focuses on sharing and its open
to unexpected exchanges of knowledge, stories and memories, based on mutual respect
and fascination for food and the way it can nutre us.

A project about the act of eating, our position at the table and the power of conviviality.
The table can be seen as a private or public space, individual or shared, intimate or
unfamiliar / distant. Seeing our position at the table as a reflex of our position in the
world, my interest in gastronomy in general and in natural and seasonal food in
particular, motivated me to question how I could explore these interests from an artistic
and also educational perspective.

The form we position ourselves around the table or with the act of eating, is obligatory
associate with cutlery/ table sets we use or the lack of it.
Today, many of the behaviors that take place at the dinner table are deeply rooted in
history. Even being more relaxed, etiquette are here and continue to codify our
behavior at the table.

Our culture is changing and so is the way we eat.
Overtime, traditional utensils have been modified in various way in attempt to make
eating more convenient or to reduce the total number of utensils required. Now, we are
eating more often, perhaps isolated and on the go.

There is space for new traditions?
How can we decolonize the table and the food system?