What happens when we invite artists and strangers to one table? In these 11 countries physical or virtual encounters will take place in private, public or metaphorical kitchens.
Marie Detjen lives in Berlin and London. Her passion for Henry James and the German Civil Code lead her to pursue a law degree next to her studies in social science and literature. When she’s not in university, she works as an assistant editor for Verfassungsblog, writes fiction, and plays the piano.
Mohammed Z. Rahman is a writer, visual artist and keen cook based in London. He has a BA in Social Anthropology and worked on projects with Tate Modern and the Smithsonian Institute. Mohammed’s short fiction and art inescapably gravitate towards images of food as a foundation of community and self. More recently he has gained experience catering for small events with Queer Masala, a community kitchen for Queer people of colour.
Mandula van den Berg is Dutch/Hungarian, and grew up in Amsterdam before moving to Berlin. She mostly writes literary non-fiction and paints, but is also part of the Oorzaken Podcast Academy 2020. Mandula is interested in (Visual) Anthropology, Everyday Life History and Literature, with a focus on Central and Eastern Europe. Right now, she is working on a project about Socialist cowboys in East Germany which she has written about for ZEIT Online.
“Europe’s Kitchen” is a project by the Goethe-Institut, supported with special funds from the Federal Foreign Office for the German EU Council Presidency 2020.
