Asunción Molinos Gordo sees the world from a bird’s eye view. Viewed from above, landscapes become a series of patterns that help Asunción understand how the earth is used; a visual geometry that has shaped her practice. Yet, in spite of this lofty vantage, her perspective remains decidedly grounded.

How has eating etiquette shaped society? Barney Pau explores how rules and behaviours around the table have made us who we are - for better or worse.

Few foods are as foundational to our civilisations as grains. In our previous post So… why agriculture?, we explored how grains helped establish civilisation. In this post, we will examine one of these foundational grains: rice.

In a recent Foundations Seminar, the artist Céline Pelcé joined us to discuss her practice, and explain her innovative way of working with food. Céline’s approach to food is a practice in impermanence. We take a closer look at Céline’s process and projects.

In our previous post we explored how the last half-millennia of colonialism constructed our contemporary cultures, and food’s role within this. In this post we will look 10,000 years prior to examine how the development of agriculture facilitated this.

Most of the foods we enjoy today in the Western world carry a bitter after taste from our imperial past

Short summary of different cosmovisions around the around the world which have food elements embedded into their mythology