Urbanibalism

The city devouring itself

Brussels



Kanal Labs Urban Pharmacy

Sep 18, 2010
As part of the Brussels Festival Kanal, cooks with medicinal plant know-how (Rasa Alksnyte, Wietske Maas and Christina Stadlbauer) sourced plants from garden and hidden green zones near to the canal and created an array of edible-treatments

Stubborn & Fertile

Aug 24, 2010
A convivium in three recipes for a flower, a root and a leaf under the old motto of Schaerbeek: “Stubborn like a donkey, fertile as the ground where the cherry trees grow”. Guests are invited to develop a common appetite for some questions on art, nature and the city.

Wasteland Soup Session

Aug 19, 2010
Wietske Maas and Matteo Pasquinelli, the current artists in residence as part of d o m i n o k i n g d o m, introduced themselves and their interests in the "third landscape" of Brussels and the edible ecologies of the city.

De Eetbare Stad

Aug 5, 2010
Floor Tinga, online article: 'De Eetbare Stad', Ruimtezicht, August 2010.

Musée des Plantes Médicinales et de la Pharmacie

Dec 8, 2009
Musée des Plantes Médicinales et de la Pharmacie / Museum van Geneeskrachtige Planten en Pharmacie, l'Université Libre de Bruxelles

Urbanibalism in Times of War

Sep 4, 2009
Wietske Maas & Matteo Pasquinelli, “The City Devouring Itself: Urbanibalism in Times of World Wars, Insurgent Communes and Biopolitical Sieges”, in: J. Seijdel and L. Melis (eds), Open #18: 2030 - War Zone Amsterdam, Rotterdam: NAi Publishers, 2009

Ferment Brussels: A Toast to Urbanibalism

Nov 22, 2008
A mythological urban ambrosia presented at Open Sauces, a dinner organised by FoAM, Brussels.