Villa of taste

13-23 September 2018

The Villa of Taste

Inside Villa Ciani, renamed for the occasion Villa del Gusto, an exhibition will bring together food and art, recounting the origins of gastronomy right through to the food culture of the future. The Compagnia Finzi Pasca will stage its ‘harmonic garden’, through images, sounds, suggestions, installations and site-specific elements of theatre scenery.
 
From the tables of nobility of centuries gone by to the Ticino chef Maestro Martino, precursor of the modern polpetta, from medicinal gardens, through to the high-tech vineyards, a path to discover the great personalities of today and yesterday.

FROM MAESTRO MARTINO TO THE 20th CENTURY
Food is an element of social and cultural identity, characterised by choices and preferences that have changed over the centuries. Taste is flavour, an individual sensation, but it’s also knowledge, conditioned by cultural, economic and social situations. Starting from Martino de Rossi, born in the Valley of Blenio in the mid-15th century, active in the main Italian Renaissance courts, considered the first modern cook of history, we shall discover the evolution of taste.

THE FINZI PASCA GARDEN
Just as gastronomy introduced to our diet the visual element, transforming food into a form of representation that calls for spectators, actors and directors, likewise through imagery sounds, evocations and installations and site-specific elements of theatrical scenery, the Compagnia Finzi Pasca will stage its very own harmonic garden.

THE FUTURE OF FOOD
What is changing today in the world of food? Will we witness new gastronomic revolutions and how will our approach to the environment change? 3D printers, wireless sensor networks, fluid dynamics and the behaviour of molecules and other applications will show us that the future is not science fiction! In collaboration with the faculty of Information Sciences of the USI, Agriscope and SIDI, the Swiss Institute for Disruptive Innovation.

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Event Programme
10 days of absolute immersion in taste, during which to discover the flavours of Lugano like never before! A vast programme of events, workshops, tastings, shows, meetings and markets in the Swiss food and wine capital of 2018!

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Villa Ciani
Via Canova
6900 Lugano

Informazioni e contatto
T. 004191 976 06 00
info@luganocittadelgusto.ch