This food-based performance explores the body as a site of transformation—shaped by elements, rituals, and acts of nourishment. Drawing inspiration from Ayurvedic principles, communal cooking, and sculptural processes, the piece invites participants into an intimate exchange: sculpting, feeding of and feeding for, and labor for each other as gesture of care that extends beyond the conventional forms of dining. Through sensory engagement and collective participation, the performance examines the unseen imprints we leave on one another—through touch, through sustenance, through ritual in the process of making.

Food becomes extensions of the body, molded into ephemeral forms that are baked, macerated, dissolved, vapored or crumbled into ash. A shared meal becomes a ritual of dissolution—what is left behind, and what is absorbed? How does food shape not only the body but the memory it carries?

In the setting of an old sculpture atelier, this food-based performance unfolds through a series of sensory encounters. Each station invites participants to engage with a different way of transforming ingredients—through touch, heat, fermentation, dissolution, or air. Cooking becomes a gesture of balance, shaping flavors as much as the body itself.

Participants move through acts of preparation, tasting, and feeding, discovering how textures shift, flavors deepen, and matter dissolves. The performance is both intimate and collective—a space where nourishment is not only consumed but also exchanged, where food becomes a medium for connection, memory, and transformation.

This event will also include a short audiovisual essay called The Deep Wings (by Suraia Abud) and created thanks to the artistic residency carried out in Komařice REZI.DANCE in automn 2024 with artists Asli Hatipoğlu & Heidi Hornáčková. It is a creative proposal that invites the viewer on an emotional journey through the landscape, food, and experiences lived during the automn in this village.

How are emotional bonds built across food, territory, and people? Is it,  perhaps, a relationship that nurtures us?

The event will take place in English.

Credits

Concept: Aslı Hatipoğlu (TR/TH), Heidi Hornáčková (CZ) and Suraia Abud (LB/UY)

On site, performing and cooking: Aslı Hatipoğlu, Heidi Hornáčková

Video essay: Suraia Abud

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