Nick Laessing, Plant Orbiter, 2017. galeriepcp Paris. Photo Margot Montigny.


Spring 2019

Adapting

Adapting [verb]
Adjusting to new conditions.
Making something suitable for a new use.

The food system is broken. Seismic systemic change is an inevitability waiting to happen. Confronting this issue Adapting, the fourth programme in Delfina Foundation’s The Politics of Food series, curated by Dani Burrows, will investigate ideas responding to the changing environment of food production.

A new exhibition, Accumulation by Dispossession by Asunción Molinos Gordo, forms part of this programme. The exhibition provides a rich visual journey through some of the most stark contradictions and inequalities of the current global food system using what Asun terms “economic objects” to reveal  the mechanisms shaping it.

Also as part of Adapting, Marta Fernández Calvo, Luigi Coppola, Vivien Sansour, Josefin Vargö, and Nick Laessing will undertake research residencies at Delfina Foundation. Exploring how cultural legacies infuse food production both in the field and the kitchen, their areas of research range from translating recipes, to heirloom seed saving, and DIY urban hydroponic cultivation. The residences will culminate in a series of events taking place in June.

The Politics of Food: Adapting programme is supported by Acción Cultural Española and Arts Council England.


Exhibition

Asunción Molinos Gordo: Accumulation by Dispossession

30/04/2019 — 22/06/2019
Exhibition

Residencies

Marta Fernández Calvo

London: 15/04/2019 — 23/06/2019

Luigi Coppola

London: 09/06/2019 — 21/06/2019

Josefin Vargö

London: 05/04/2019 — 23/06/2019

Vivien Sansour

London: 06/05/2019 — 23/06/2019

Nick Laessing

London: 01/04/2019 — 23/06/2019

Public Programme

Food Regimes

01/05/2019
Talk

Growing Solutions

04/06/2019
Workshop

Grains

10/06/2019
Workshop

Casas de Comidas

15/06/2019
Performance

What is in a name?

14/06/2019
Workshop

The power of sharing

17/06/2019
Workshop

Activating the Alternatives

18/06/2019
Talk

Terratorium Tasting

19/06/2019
Tasting event

Politics of Food at V&A Friday Late

28/06/2019

Platform

Browse some of the programme’s outcomes and documentation.

Asunción Molinos Gordo: Accumulation by Dispossession

On the exhibition that formed part of our fourth season of Politics of Food

Video

Delfina Presents: Marta Fernández Calvo

Uncovering and celebrating food histories and their legacies

Video

Food Regimes

Exploring the problems inherent in the current global food system

Audio

Politics of Food: Adapting

Highlights from the season’s events

Gallery

Vivien Sansour: Zaree’a

On the work and legacy of seed keeper Esiah Levy

Residency Project

Activating the Alternatives

Discussing research into socio-spatial transformations in Ecuador

Audio