Press invitation | Symposium
on taste & food culture at Museum Tinguely, Basel

Friday and Saturday, 5-6 April 2019

Dear Madam, dear Sir,
 

In preparation for our forthcoming exhibition
«Amuse-bouche. The Taste of Art» (19 February to 17 May 2020), the Museum Tinguely is happy to invite you to attend the interdisciplinary symposium on taste and food culture on 5 and 6 April 2019.

Speakers of international renown from academia and the practice will provide exciting insights into the many different fields impacted by taste. The symposium will offer a veritable smorgasbord of perspectives on taste and food culture, ranging from physiology, biochemistry (Wolfgang Meyerhof), food sensory science (Jeannette Nuessli Guth), psychology (Charles Spence), anthropology (Antje Baecker) and linguistics (Maren Runte) to literature and cultural studies (Elisabeth Bronfen, Thomas Macho), art history (Ralf Beil, Stefanie Wyssenbach), the art of cooking and the fine arts.
 

In addition to the papers, there will be some highly unusual tastings, including a dessert with iron ore prepared by the Michelin-starred Swiss chef Stefan Wiesner, a new project by the pioneer of Eat Art Daniel Spoerri, and an edible artistic intervention by the young Portuguese artist Marisa Benjamim.
 

>> Detailed programme
 

We kindly ask you to register in advance via email.

If you need any further assistance, our curator Annja Müller-Alsbach and I will be happy to assist. We are looking forward to hearing from you and to welcoming you in Basel.
 

Yours sincerely,

Isabelle Beilfuss

Responsable de la communication du Musée Tinguely