edito da / edited by Chiara Famengo
Amalgama è il risultato della quarta edizione di Tavole Conviviali, progetto di ricerca sul campo commissionato da TBA21–Academy per Ocean Space, dedicato alle relazioni tra cibo ed ecologia e al loro impatto sui corpi idrici. Curato da Chiara Famengo con Barena Bianca e Tocia! Cucina e comunità – board curatoriale di Tavole Conviviali IV, paesaggi in movimento – il volume ripercorre ed espande gli incontri che hanno animato il programma. Attraverso prospettive disciplinari diverse, Amalgama parte dalla convinzione che, di fronte a un paesaggio in costante mutamento, segnato dall’azione antropica e dai cambiamenti climatici, sia necessario ripensare le nostre pratiche quotidiane.
L’atto di “amalgamare” diventa un gesto di apertura: integrare ciò che appare estraneo nelle nostre tradizioni, per abitare in modo consapevole le trasformazioni in corso. Nel contesto lagunare, l’alga emerge come simbolo di questi cambiamenti. Come viene sottolineato all'interno del testo, l'alga è “una conseguenza e non un problema” da risignificare in quanto risorsa capace di nutrire colture, tavole e corpi. I contributi – visivi e testuali – intrecciano saperi popolari e visioni contemporanee, suggerendo nuove forme di adattamento culturale a un ambiente in costante trasformazione e ai cambiamenti climatici.
Amalgama is the outcome of the fourth edition of Convivial Tables, a field-based research project commissioned by TBA21–Academy for Ocean Space, dedicated to exploring the relationships between food and ecology, and their impact on bodies of water. Curated by Chiara Famengo with Barena Bianca and Tocia! Cucina e comunità – the curatorial board of Convivial Tables IV: Shifting Landscapes – the book revisits and deepens the conversations that shaped the program.
Through different methodological and disciplinary perspectives, Amalgama is grounded in the belief that, in the face of a constantly changing landscape – shaped by human activity and climate change – it is necessary to reconsider our daily practices. The act of “amalgamating” becomes an opening gesture: integrating what might appear foreign to our traditions in order to consciously inhabit ongoing transformations. In the lagoon environment, seaweed emerges as a symbol of these shifts. As highlighted in the volume, seaweed is “a consequence, not a problem” to be reinterpreted as a resource capable of nourishing crops, tables, and bodies.
The contributions – both visual and textual – weave together local knowledge and contemporary visions, suggesting new forms of cultural adaptation to a constantly transforming environment and to climate change.
Through different methodological and disciplinary perspectives, Amalgama is grounded in the belief that, in the face of a constantly changing landscape – shaped by human activity and climate change – it is necessary to reconsider our daily practices. The act of “amalgamating” becomes an opening gesture: integrating what might appear foreign to our traditions in order to consciously inhabit ongoing transformations. In the lagoon environment, seaweed emerges as a symbol of these shifts. As highlighted in the volume, seaweed is “a consequence, not a problem” to be reinterpreted as a resource capable of nourishing crops, tables, and bodies.
The contributions – both visual and textual – weave together local knowledge and contemporary visions, suggesting new forms of cultural adaptation to a constantly transforming environment and to climate change.
Texts by Chiara Famengo, Fulvia Larena, Fabio Cavallari, Pietro Consolandi, Marco Bravetti, Enrico Sambo, Bruno La Rocca, Devy Chinazzi, Emi Bio Lab, and Viviana Cescati. Photographs by Giacomo Bianco, illustrations by Ginevra Dolcemare. Printed by No Stress Press.
ISBN 978-88-99058-80-7
2025 Italiano English
11 × 18,35 cm, 112 pages
1 color risograph
Softcover
Edition of 250