Upcoming Events:
Throughout Autumn the Field Kitchen is offering bespoke foraging journeys for groups of 6 people. If you would like to book a date, please contact me.
Hinterland. August – November 2009
Hinterland is led by independent curator, Jennie Syson. Working together with artists, Hinterland was set up to closely examine geographical areas that surround the River Trent in Nottingham, which make up a ten-mile car free cycle route around the city known as the Big Track. Temporary site-specific commissions are selected to scrutinise specific places as though encapsulated in a species quadrant.
As we head towards economic depression and society becomes increasingly aware of issues surrounding global warming and the natural environment, Hinterland pays tribute to the geographical locations beside the River Trent and the industrial halo that surrounds Nottingham’s city centre.
http://www.hinterlandprojects.com/
Hinterland has commissioned a series of Field Kitchen events over summer and autumn 2009, to investigate wild food around the River Trent. Look out for further details of intimate foraging journeys, a live presentation on the project, an interactive kitchen laboratory, and discussions.
Weds 23rd- Thurs 24th September 2009: The Floating Kitchen. Join the artist and skipper aboard a narrowboat turned floating kitchen which will intersect Nottingham’s waterways in search of foraged food. The trip will involve an overnight mooring in an undisclosed location where a foraged meal, cooked outdoors will be shared and you can try your hand at preserving fruit foraged from around the Trent. (This event is now FULLY BOOKED)
Evening event with the Floating Kitchen 6-9pm Wed 23rd Sep. You can join the Floating Kitchen on Wednesday 23rd at it’s mooring spot, for a foraged feast by the Trent and a look around the boat. Make your way by minibus to our location and sample experimental culinary delights cooked outside on a rocket stove. Further details are available on booking.
The Forage Trips and the Floating Kitchen are free events but booking is essential as spaces are extremely limited: bookings@hinterlandprojects.com or call bookings line on 07914 504660.
Thu, 26th Nov 2009 10am – 5pm: Hinterland Symposium: The evolving relationships between artists, the changing climate and new responsibilities. In November, Hinterland is inviting specialists in the field of commissioning temporary site-specific art to present their practice. Alongside informal discussions with artists currently engaged in commissions for Hinterland, this one day event will question the responsibilities of artists in different situations when creating work in the public realm.
Broadway Cinema, Broad Street, Nottingham, NG1 3AL
Past events:
Foraging Trips for Hinterland
21st/22nd/23rd August 2009, 11am-2pm: Riverside foraging trips with the Field Kitchen. Friday & Saturday, cycle trips; Sunday, walking. For photos and an account of the weekend’s foraging please see the Fieldwork page.
21st August 2009, 6pm: A talk by Rebecca Beinart on the adventures of the Field Kitchen so far, as part of Annexinema’s pedal-powered film night underneath Clifton Bridge.
2 Degrees: London 16 – 21 June 2009
G is for Gluttony
Daily Weds 17 – Sat 20 June
11am-3pm Various locations in the Square Mile
For 2 Degrees, as part of C.R.A.S.H Culture, Field Kitchen will be roaming the financial district of London in search of edible plants, asking – how far do you need to go from the heart of Capital to find life? This intervention investigates botanical poverty in the richest part of the country, looking for a different kind of wealth.
http://www.artsadmin.co.uk/projects/event.php?id=667
Two Degrees is Artsadmin’s week long programme of work by radical and politically engaged artists about climate change and our relationship with the environment.
Download the full programme (pdf)
