Sunday Picnic – A Taste of Virus
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03.09.2023
Jonas Palekas, Pei-Ying Lin, Eben Kirksey, Tzu-Tung Lee, Yen-Ting Kuan and Limestone Books
The event is free of charge! Including food and drinks. We have a limited number of spots available for 25 participants, so please make sure to register.
Since 2055, viruses have become an important part of our everyday food culture. Those born before 2015 may still remember the fear of the natural order that the coronavirus has brought us, but now we know such fear is also irresistibly tasty. Viruses that were once exclusive to research and medical purposes are now constitutive to our natural habitat, and the care we can bring to ourselves. This is the first cookbook for viruses of its kind, with recipes that people could have already enjoyed many decades ago. It is an illustrated guide that showcases how the ever-changing ingredients keep on sparking our taste.
At the picnic, bio-artist Pei-Ying Lin will collaborate with chef and food artist Jonas Palekas based on the concept of Pei-Ying’s newly published “Virophilia - The 2070 revised edition of the Postnatural Cookbook.” You may be wondering: can viruses be tasty? Is eating viruses contagious? Is it even deadly? Together with cultural anthropologist Eben Kirksey and artist Tzu-Tung Lee, they are going to unravel and destigmatize the myth of the virus and explore with the audience a new perspective on the human-virus relationship in the historic and picturesque Frontenpark in Maastricht.