“We've heard it, we've all heard all about all the sticks and spears and swords, the things to bash and poke and hit with, the long, hard things, but we have not heard about the thing to put things in, the container for the thing contained. That is a new story. That is news.”
– Ursula K LeGuin
Reality is built on the past that is accepted as valid.
At this dinner, we aim to reconfigure the key moments that established us as a species, positioning the figure of the gatherer as crucial in the humanizing process.
By confronting the feminine, understood not as gender but as yin, the energy of care and conservation, with the masculine, yang, the piercing and aggressive, we arrive at a new beginning.
Throughout the event, the importance of the container as a constructive structure will be highlighted, not through the destruction of the spear, but thanks to cooperation.
The Installation
Based around the idea of the bag and softness, textiles become the chosen material for the dinner. For the tablecloths, we worked with Spanish based brand Abbatte, made by hand at the abbey of Santa Maria de la Sierra by talented women.
The Menu
A bag that unfolds step by step, from the closed leaves of a zucchini flower to the open sheet of pasta, laying completely flat on the plate.
Soft corners and spoon-only, eliminating all traces of violence bite by bite.
The idea of sharp and pointed utensils as hunting tools, representing the "masculine" side, is the starting point of our dinner.
However, as the night progresses, the theme evolves towards softness and delicacy, concepts associated with femininity.
Kitchen staff: Floria
Photography: Cristina Góngora