19 April 2018
“Documenting Food Is Culture III” Book Launch At Bahrain National Museum
Bahrain Authority for Culture & Antiquities (BACA), invites everyone to join for the book launch of "Documenting Food is Culture III: Discussion, Film and Book Signing" on Wednesday, 18 April, at 7pm at the Bahrain National Museum. The event is an initiative aimed to document the exceptional annual experience of ‘ Food is Culture’, which was held in its 3rd session held during the 44th edition of the Bahrain Fine Arts Exhibition.
In addition to the book launch of "Documenting Food is Culture III”, a documentary film will also be featured, translating to the audience the experiences of the artists and chefs as they explore the phases of their creative collaboration and the development of their final concept. The chefs and artists will be present in a panel discussion to share their own personal and collective experiences and impressions with the audience.. The launch will include a Q&A session with the chefs and artists.
Worth to mention that the 3rd edition of ‘ Food is Culture’ brought together many participants and artists, such as Faeqa Al Hassan, artist Wedad Al-Bakr, artist Mahmood al Sharqawi, artist Haya Al-Khalifa and artist Jaafar al Oreibi. A selection of top professional chefs also teamed with the artists; French Chef Yann Bernard Lejard (YBL) from The Ritz-Carlton, Bahrain Hotel & Spa, Chef Kostas Magoulas (Mylk &More), chef Bassam Al-Alawi (Darseen Café), chef Saneya AbdulAal (Perfectly Pressed) and chef Fatima Jamal (Lezzet restaurant).
The “Food is Culture” event will present another concept of food in a different context and atmosphere, addressing their message to the whole world in different languages and styles. Since its inception in 2016, “Food is Culture” festival experiment has tried to shed light on creative processes that take place when two individuals (from different creative disciplines) collaborate. Artists and chefs get together and work to produce a creative product; be it a painting, installation, video, cake, drink, all or something completely different discipline. This creative experience combines two forms of art, bringing together different schools of thought and talented chefs who try to come out with unordinary work of art.
