From 7 to 17 June 2019 the Vitra Design Museum presents the exhibition »Food Shaping Kyoto«.
The show visualizes the results of research and workshops conducted since 2015 in Kyoto, one of the most vibrant centres of food culture worldwide. Its distinctive environment and history illustrate how food has shaped the city’s culture and design, its physical fabric and architecture. »Food Shaping Kyoto« sheds light on the territorial dimensions of cities and the networks of material flow into which they are tied, questioning classical notions of a rural/urban divide: How does a city feed itself? How is food produced and distributed within in a city? And how are cities shaped by these dynamics? The exhibition includes video projections as well as installations specifically designed and built for the presentation in the unique space of the Buckminster Fuller Dome.
Opening and Food Performance 09 June 2019, 4 pm, Buckminster Fuller Dome, Vitra Campus Kumiko Tanaka, head chef at a »Nishiki Market« stall, will be present at the exhibition opening. She will prepare traditional »dashimaki«: this Japanese-style omelette is made in »makiyakinabe« (rectangular frying pans) by mixing an egg base with »dashi« (fish stock made from dried bonito and brown seaweed) and constantly folding the mixture in the frying pan.
»Food Shaping Kyoto« is an exhibition by the Vitra Design Museum, Shadi Rahbaran, Manuel Herz, and the KYOTO Design Lab.Hashtags: #VitraDesignMuseum | #FoodShapingKyoto
Further information: www.design-museum.de
