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Founded in 2017 in Vevey, Switzerland, foodculture days proposes multidisciplinary projects such as exhibitions, interventions in public spaces (performances, posters, screenings, urban agriculture, etc), podcasts, publications, workshops and collective meals open to all with the wish to support environmental and social justice. The platform also conducts field research phases and lauched in Septembre 2023 an editorial project called Boca A Boca. These moments of encounter and ongoing exchange culminate in a socially engaged biennale organized in the same city. Its vision is to (re)discover the multiple meanings and functions of food in daily life, as well as the tangible or imperceptible impact of our choices on the global environment. At a time when ecological and social issues affect an ever-increasing number of living organisms, foodculture days brings together artists, scientists, farmers, cooks, winemakers, anthropologists, philosophers, activists, ecologists, gardeners, local experts, elders and other types of intelligences (vegetal, mineral, animal, fungal, bacterial). As cultural producers, they all engage with food as a research subject, a medium, a tool for convivial interaction or a way to connect with our environnement. Every two years, foodculture days re-emerges in the town of Vevey to organize a biennale, which represents its main project and the momentum of two years of reflection, gathering and dialogue with its community of practice. Thus, foodculture days apprehends global topics rooted in a local context and in dialogue with the region aswell as its inhabitants.

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