Velvet Zoe Ramos Presents: The Feast: A Banquet of Crude Empathy

Hunger knows no friend but its feeder
Aristophanes, 450-386 BC

Banquet refers to the dynamics of harvest, waste and famine, the ritual of cooking and the giving and receiving in circumstances of otherness. You will be drawn in an immersive experience created by various performative and visual elements. At the center, the buffet which will offer simple and delicious dishes creatively prepared from ingredients usually supplied in emergency aid drops

Where?

 The Feast will be hosted in a secret venue in London.

Exact location will be disclosed to participants prior to the event.

When?

 01.11.12, 8pm-11pm

How much?

full ticket (includes a donation for Darfur) £20

concessions available for students and multiple tickets

The meal will be vegetarian/vegan

Part of the food from the night will be donated to the charity Shelter From the Storm and when buying your ticket you can donate £1 to the Food for Darfur project.

Velvet Zoe Ramos was born in the USA and grew up on the island of Aruba. She lives and works in London and has been involved in a number of exhibition projects.

Strongly influenced by Alfredo Jaar she refrains from using images of victims and explores different approaches to contextualise her work. With her ‘performance-related’ installations she draws attention to the pain of the other without exploiting their suffering.

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We remind you that our events are ticketed, number of tickets available is limited and there will be no tickets sold at the door.

So we recommend to book your tickets early.

There will be no refund for cancellations made after 48h prior to the event.

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The Feast is part of TINATA – This Is Not A Take Away is a curatorial project that will showcase artists and non-artists who are interested in a particular approach towards how food is sourced, prepared, served or eaten. Every first Thursday of the month a different host cook, will serve food to the guest audience while engaging in a dialogue about their concept-idea. From primitive palette to emotional eating, from recipes as memories to family roles dynamics, this series of events will explore the way we experience food from new and fascinating points of view. The events will be taking place in different locations around East London.

For more info and tickets visit: thisisnotatakeaway.com

Author: TINATA

TINATA