BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.3//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:23@villaelaintarha.fi DTSTART:20260228T150000Z DTEND:20260228T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260304T102643Z URL:https://villaelaintarha.fi/events/northern-crossings-learning-from-the -table/ SUMMARY:Northern Crossings. Learning from the Table DESCRIPTION:During her residency\, curator Rosita Ronzini organised a dinne r to share her research. In her words:\n\n"This dinner is conceived as a d eliberate curatorial performance\, part of the research project Northern C rossings. Learning from the Table\, which investigates the table as an eco logical\, political\, and pedagogical space: a device in which the act of nourishing becomes a practice of knowledge\, care\, and coexistence.\n\nAr ound 15 participants - artists\, curators\, researchers - gathered around a single convivial installation. The table\, covered with baking paper\, w as activated as a writable\, living surface. At its center\, a guiding que stion: Who has nourished you to become who you are today?\n\nDuring the di nner\, no plates were used. The food was placed directly on the tablecloth \, transforming the surface into a shared field of relations. The traces a s words\, memories\, names\, fragments of recipes\, were written directly on the paper\, intertwining with stains of butter\, beetroot\, and oil. Gr aphic marks and food residue cohabited the same space\, producing a materi al archive of the experience.\n\nThe dinner started with fried bread with cabbage\, onion\, and garlic: a typical offer from Southern Italy crafted in dialogue with Nordic ingredients. A bitter note enriched the complexity experience of nourishment. The main course\, handmade gnocchi\, were plac ed directly in the center of the table and each participant chose between two landscapes of taste: butter with sage and herbs\, or beetroot cream. T he seasoning was crafted to activated a reflection on passage\, hybridizat ion\, and cultural negotiation. The first bite took place in silence. The closing\, with baked apples with cinnamon and yogurt cream\, brought the e xperience back to an intimate\, domestic dimension.\n\nMore than a meal\, the dinner takes shape as a performative situation and a research device. Through the absence of plates\, the sharing of the surface\, and the produ ction of traces\, the table became simultaneously place\, method\, and arc hive: a temporary space in which conviviality and situated learning genera ted a relational micro-ecology".\n\nRosita Ronzini (1996\, Maglie) is a cu rator and researcher living between Turin and Salento. She trained in Cine ma\, Performing Arts and Media at the University of Turin and in curatoria l practices with CAMPO at the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation. She is c urrently assistant curator at PAV Parco Arte Vivente in Turin and co-found er of Collettivo Crampo\, active in research\, curation\, and education. S he collaborates with the studio of artist Elena Mazzi and with organisatio ns such as Inland\, Free Home University\, and Casa delle Agriculture. Her research focuses on rituals\, commoning\, and ecological resistance pract ices in the Mediterranean\, fostering connections between art\, territorie s\, and collective movements.\n\n \n\n[gallery ids="1252\,1250\,1249\,124 6\,1245\,1244"]\n\n \n\n \;\n\n \;\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://villaelaintarha.fi/wp-content/uploads/20 26/03/IMG_7142-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR