Events – Garage Rotterdam

Curators: Tiiu Meiner & Rawad Baaklini Artists: Bruno Baietto, Diana Al-Halabi, Elia Nurvista, Hala Tawil, Rikkert Paauw, Johanna Seelemann & Björn Steinar Blumenstein, Micheline Nahra, Seasonal Neighbours and Amanny Ahmad. Rumbling and growling we arrive At the Table, but the sounds are not only from hungry stomachs or digestion - they are echoes of global trade, political powerlessness, colonial histories and unaccommodating social norms. Acknowledging the grip that food scarcity and abundance has on our lives, the artworks in this exhibition recognise what a food-dependent body is. Candid narratives reveal the multifaceted origins of our everyday ingredients, evoking fundamental questions about how our bodies interact with food, and ultimately the world around us. The works prompt us to be attentive to the intellectual and bodily digestion that we continuously part-take in, considering that we metabolise artworks much like food. This exhibition is a response to how we, as eaters, consume the politics of our food infrastructures. From the Earth to our mouth, eating is a collaborative act that confronts us with our inescapable reliance on one another. Through edible artworks, food happenings and participatory activities, visitors are welcomed At the Table to leave traces, like bread crumbs, for others to consume. At The Table is paired with three different food happenings that tackle various appetites. For the opening, Micheline Nahra will host a food experience shaped by the paradox of diplomacy. At the Brandstof, Seasonal Neighbours will present in-depth groundwork about migrants in the farming industry that supply us with year-round fresh produce. For Natafelen, Amanny Ahmad will provision a Palestinian dinner foraged from industrialised and natural landscapes.

24 May 2023

Brandstof: Speaking of Land and Seasons by Seasonal Neighbours

Speaking of Land and Seasons | Stories on contemporary farming and fieldwork by Seasonal Neighbours

Take a deep dive into the exhibition At the Table during our in-depth programme Brandstof on Wednesday 24 May. For the evening, the curators Tiiu Meiner and Rawad Baaklini invited the collective Seasonal Neighbours to host a four part story-telling session, about participating in the seasonal farming cycle.

Anastasia, Ioana, Max, and Yacinth will share their experience about their fieldwork as pickers in Belgium and the Netherlands. Using a series of objects and memorabilia connected to this fieldwork, they will touch upon aspects of seasonality and labour, cohabitation and land, as well as how their experiences have influenced their creative research. The format of the event will simultaneously engage the audience in a reflective discussion about what it is to work in the realities of farming today, and the challenges of avoiding extractivist practices for artists and exhibition spaces.

The event features a story-telling inspired dinner.

Menu:
Borscht | Beetroot soup with pickled vegetables
Dolmas | Filled mallow leaves with rice, wild herbs and nuts
Grilled aubergines | Served with wild herbs and flowers
Strawberry salad

Tickets: € 5,00

24 May: 19:00

Garage Rotterdam

8 Jun 2023

Garage Café 2.2

Garage Cafe is a test-site-with-audience for experimenting, showing research projects, new collaborations, performances and all other types of artistic work.

Garage Cafe #2.2 will open its doors again on the 8th of June for 5 presentations and performances of 10 minutes, with food, drinks, and time to discuss.

Speakers: Cemre Kara, Ali Rıza, Atakan Gür and Metincan Güzel, Blise Orr, Ciska Mei & Alma Kim.

08 Jun: 18:00

Garage Rotterdam

7 Jul 2023

Natafelen: Palestinian dinner by Amanny Ahmad

Natafelen with Amanny Ahmad is sold out!

At The Table is paired with three different food happenings that tackle various appetites. For the opening, Micheline Nahra will host a food experience shaped by the paradox of diplomacy. For Natafelen, Amanny Ahmad will provision a Palestinian dinner foraged from industrialised and natural landscapes.

‘Ifrich : Rub’

Garage Rotterdam invites you to the final dining event of the exhibition At the Table, by artist Amanny Ahmad. ‘Ifrich : Rub’ is an exploration of our relationship to the land, presented through the experience of a family style dinner. Through the lens of her Palestinian heritage, Ahmad presents a meal, alongside sounds, images, and text that expand on the interconnectedness of our bodies to the landscapes that keep us alive. The recipes she serves are both a record and a manifestation of resistance and survival within Palestine, through not only their ingredients, but also through the stories of the people and seeds they tend to.

Amanny Ahmad is a Palestinian-American artist, chef, land worker, and folk herbalist, currently based in the high altitude desert of the land of the pueblo people, taos, New Mexico. In her research-based practice, she studies things small & large: whole systems design, food as language, land as life, historical & contemporary relationships between humans & non humans, botany, mycology, indigenous culinary traditions & plant use, histories of resistance; and how those things can teach us about preservation, survival, and world-making. Her research culminates in a variety of forms: writing, photographs, objects, garden design, fermentation, herbal medicines, and most publicly, large scale meals, often cooked over live fire, incorporating wild ingredients. Being in, on, off, and with the land is her main priority and joy.

Four course menu €50,-
Wine pairing €30,-

Reserve your spot at the dinner table by sending an email to info@garagerotterdam.nl

07 Jul: 18:00

Garage Rotterdam