As the world’s largest archipelago with more than 17,000 islands and more than 300 distinct ethnic groups, Indonesia has been blessed with rich culinary diversity. Indonesian cuisine is spice-based, rich in flavor and colorful. At this event we want to present the re-creation of some authentic Indonesian dishes into innovative-modern presentations using mostly locally sourced ingredients. Beyond dining experience, Empathy Supper is about empathizing in our philosophy of the “future culinary”: Food connects people, nature & culture. Making world become borderless (Helianti Herman)

“Empathy Supper“ is a performative event incorporating art and culinary experience with the goal of provoking a discussion about the exploration and expression of identity. It will be a night where the food and culture enthusiasts experience the evening where they can taste authentic Indonesian food by Sendok Garpu Zuürich and enjoy its multi sensory, theatrical experiences with live transdisciplinary audio-visual performance curated by Berlin-based Indonesian culinary and art collective Soydivision. Empathy Supper  will be the second collaboration between the two Indonesian entities based in Zürich and Berlin, following up their debut (sold out) event  “Soy&Synth”, which also presented in Food Zürich 2019.

“Kinship/Kerabat” is part of the series Nur Hin (https://nurhin.soydivision.berlin/). The series explores the theme of diaspora and migration, the experiences associated with it and the values derived from it. “Kinship/Kerabat” is about a view into the future: What does the "future" mean for the (Indonesian) diaspora? Some thoughts and research about how they will raise their future generation, what kind of identity will the future diaspora generation have, what kind of food that the future diaspora generation will eat? how can they comfort the value of the past, the present and the future?

For the conclusion, we use the medium of ritual to symbolize hope and critical thoughts about the future. Traditional culinary rituals such fermenting Tempeh and contemporary rituals such performing art for future generations will be explored. Future generations are not only hearers of values and traditions, but also trailblazers for the survival of humanity. A multisensory theatrical performance and 5 culinary courses experience (in collaboration with sendok garpu)  will take place in Das Provisorium Zürich on September 24th and 25th 2021.

Organizers:

Ayu – Sendok Garpu Zurich

Ariel – Soy Division Berlin