Cosmos in a bowl
Gustatory walk in landscape
with Thomas Ferrand, ethnobotanist
and Etienne Mauroy, céramist
2023
à Villard-de-Lans, FR
on the invitation of Villa Glovettes
Photos Mariko Sugita and Lucie Malbequi
Gustatory walk in landscape
with Thomas Ferrand, ethnobotanist
and Etienne Mauroy, céramist
2023
à Villard-de-Lans, FR
on the invitation of Villa Glovettes
Photos Mariko Sugita and Lucie Malbequi
On Solstice 2023, Céline Pelcé and ethobotanist Thomas Ferrand,
orchestrated a gustatory walk through the Vercors landscape, following a narrative linking the cosmic, astral and microscopic.
Based exclusively on local wild
plants, the experience unfolded in a succession of landscape tableaux presenting the objects and dishes, in visua analogy with the host landscape. Stones on scree, mushrooms in the forest, fir buds in the undergrowth...
In collaboration with ceramist Etienne Mauroy, the containers’ dimension changed, ranging from large and elusive, to the hollow of the
hand. Their material channeled the place: clay, mycelium, beeswax. Some were composted at the end
of the meal, others were melted down again, and finally, one was taken away as an object of memory.
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