Caminar el Tiempo
Edible histories: Food plants and their complex heritage
Workshop on seed saving based on the ‘Critical Seed Library’
26. September 2024
16.00-19.00
16.00-19.00
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For free
For 16 year-olds and older
in German/in English/in Italian
The workshop by artist and farming duo Aterraterra focuses on the cultural heritage of seeds and plants. Based on the Critical Seed Library, the workshop examines some cases of ‘heritage seeds’, whose histories are characterized by colonialism, racism, identitarian narrations but on the other hand sometimes also moments of empowerment.
The workshop - which will include plants that are currently growing in the Spore Garden - addresses the migration and continuous movement of cultivated and wild food plants and invites active reflection on the words ‘local’,‘ and native’, which are often based on problematic cultural constructions. At the end of the workshop a tasting session will allow the participants to try and collectively digest some of these food plants and narratives. The workshop will primarily be held in English, but there will also be the possibility to speak in German and Italian.
The duo Fabio Aranzulla and Luca Cinquemani works in a multidisciplinary manner, intersecting agricultural, artistic, and activist practices. They directly engage in cultivation, which simultaneously serves as the starting point for artistic projects.
