Geopolitical Cooking Performance, 2012
As part of PERFORMING POLITICS - Critical Spatial Practices in Art & Architecture. Tempelhof Airport Berlin 07-08 June 2012. Curated by Eric Ellingsen and Álvaro Urbano.
Cooking+Exposing 20 sites of contested urbanism within the real estate crisis in Spain, as a way to explain the actual entanglement of environmental protection and destruction in speculative politics. During the urban boom of the 2000s, capital was nothing else than a circulation of territorial lines according to private interests. The arbitrary demarcation of these boundaries was a corrupted method to add fictitious value to land. Urbanization, as well as Ruralization, have been largely used as the main way for accumulation of capital.
All ingredients for the Geopolitical Paella were brought from Spain, and chosen for their label of protected designation of origin (D.O.P.) whenever possible.
Special thanks to: Tyra Tingleff, my sister, Luis Galán, Juan Chacón, TXP, Alex Warlo, Chris Weigand & Max Merz.
^ Cook+Talk+Slides from above. image by eric ellingsen.
^ Speculation, Arbitrariness and Ambiguity: demarcation of the Spanish shoreline and easement of protection.
^ King prawns on the fire. image by luz broto.
^ Water for the fish fumet.
^ image by joanne pouzenc.
^ Saffron.
^ covering the geopolitical paella with El Pais pages from 8 June 2012. Surprise on the front page: another paella piece of news. image by eric ellingsen.
^ Olive Oil.
^ The coast of Valencia. image by joanne pouzenc.
^ Rice. Protected Designation of Origin.
^ Nuevo Seseña, Murcia, El Ejido and Cuenca. image by joanne pouzenc.
^ Chicken.
^ Stir frying Dénia, Alicante. image by joanne pouzenc.
^ King Prawns.
^ Punta Umbría, Huelva on the fire. image by joanne pouzenc.
^ Garlic.
^ image by joanne pouzenc.
^ Red pepper.
^ The end. image by luz broto.
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