Ars Electronica Garden Dresden

Future Foods. What Will We Eat Tomorrow?

The Past, the Present and the Future of Food (in Dresden and beyond)
Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden (DE)

Looking for the perfect picnic spot at this year’s Ars Electronica Festival? At the garden of Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, German-Speaking visitors will find great spots where food brings people together. The picnic to which you are all invited cannot be eaten, but it does illustrate the connections and contradictions of the visions of food that are currently under discussion for tomorrow’s world. Whether you want to watch historic educational films about dietary suggestions in the 1970s, discuss live with local politicians, farmers and activists, or take a virtual stroll through the Future Foods. What Will We Eat Tomorrow? exhibition –there’s everything for gourmets who like their bites served fresh. Get your picnic blanket ready to try out this great spot to discuss: what future would be palatable to you?

Symmetry Breakfast, Michael Zee
Symmetry Breakfast, Michael Zee
Credit: Michael Zee
Sandwich, 2014, Izumi Miyazaki
Sandwich, 2014, Izumi Miyazaki
Credit: Izumi Miyazaki
Englund Family, USA, 2009, from the series In Your Fridge, Stephanie de Rouge
Englund Family, USA, 2009, from the series In Your Fridge, Stephanie de Rouge
Credit: Stephanie de Rouge
Englund Family, USA, 2010, from the series In Your Fridge, Stephanie de Rouge
Englund Family, USA, 2010, from the series In Your Fridge, Stephanie de Rouge
Credit: Stephanie de Rouge

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Project Credits / Acknowledgements

Partners: Commerzbank Foundation, Zukunftsstadt Dresden, Klimaschutzstab der Landeshauptstadt Dresden, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Sachsen, Leibniz-Institut für ökologische Raumentwicklung

Deutsches Hygiene Museum Dresden