Fabas

The Hague Contemporary Art Weekend

Event

29/06/2024 –

– 30/11

For The Hague Contemporary Art Weekend, 1646 invited the artist duo, Fabas, to curate two events in their garden. These gatherings brought people together through food and semi-absurd playful rituals. Attendees experienced two different edible installations that combined playful structures and tentacular ceramics, all arranged around a central table where everyone was invited to gather.

The installations invite you to think about what a meal is and can be; the food that is consumed, as well as the time spent together doing so, the way in which it has reached your mouth, the way it has been grown and then prepared, the way each bite makes you feel, the memories it may bring to you. In the end, the meal can be more than the sum of its parts. Adding an unorthodox ingredient can transform the most boring of sandwiches, creating tangible magic.

On June 29th, visitors experienced an unconventional sandwich bar. An installation encouraged them to forage for toppings, inviting experimentation with ratios and emphasizing the ceremony of assembly.

On June 30th, guests were welcomed by a landscape made of cake and biscuits—a scenery they had to destroy and rebuild to enjoy its sweet flavors!

Both events took place from 15:00 to 18:00.

Info

About Fabas, a duo of artists Alejandra López and Lena Longefay, explores the making and sharing of food as an artistic practice. Together they create edible installations that rejoice in moments of coming together, and follow a desire to foster intimacy, pleasure and curiosity about the food we eat, the way it reaches us and the effect it has on our minds and bodies. Fabas is guided by slow cooking and fermentation techniques, both practically and metaphorically, and is deeply interested in the complex multispecies collaboration involved in food making. They are currently expanding their research into ecofeminist histories and storytellings of food and daily life.