We meet and cook in silence for 2 hours. The ingredients and the tools are available but there are no predefined recipes. Attending what the others are proposing at all times, we start composing our dishes collectively until we manage to set a meal to be shared among us.

Accessibility

• Duration: up to 4 hours = 2 hours for the cooking + 2 hours for the meal

  Language: spoken English and other languages/ no language
  For this activity the proposition is not to use language for communication, but rather observation and action as means of unfolding the collective action. After the cooking, the meal will be served and the time for conversations will come. All languages are welcome for that moment.

  Possible barriers: The performance involves the audience in a cooking activity, people with reduced mobility, vision impairment or any kind of disability are welcome to join the action despite any possible restrictions, as the action can accommodate many different sorts of participation and interaction, in accordance with people’s availability and conditions. Any food allergies should be presented at the beginning of the event.

  Content note:
  Through the cooking activity conversation is discouraged and the whole collaborative action takes place as an immediate improvised composition. People should be willing to keep the task of keeping the non-verbal communication as part of the activity.