The Absence of Paths (http://www.theabsenceofpaths.com/) è il nome del padiglione con cui la Tunisia torna alla Biennale d’Arte di Venezia, dopo un’assenza che durava dal 1958. Curato dall’artista Lina Lazaar, The Absence of Paths propone una riflessione sul tema delle migrazioni attraverso un’installazione interattiva basata su dei centri per il rilascio di speciali visti (chiamati “Freesas”, alternativa radical ai “visas”) che danno accesso simbolico a un mondo senza frontiere. All’installazione è collegata una piattaforma web interattiva che raccoglie i contributi (fotografie, brevi saggi, video, pièces teatrali, ricette, racconti…) di oltre cento artisti e studiosi, tra cui una riflessione di argomento culinario di Ferruccio Pastore (http://www.theabsenceofpaths.com/commission/sciacsciuca-shakshouka-%D8%B4%D9%83%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%83%D9%87-%D7%A9%D7%A7%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%94-reflections-on-the-mutations-of-a-recipe
Art, migration and cuisine
The Absence of Paths (http://www.theabsenceofpaths.com/) is the title of the Tunisian Pavilion at the Biennale di Venezia (57th International Art Exhibition: http://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2017/57th-international-art-exhibition). After an absence of thirty years, Tunisia comes back to the Biennale with an installation by Lina Lazaar tackling the burning issue of migrations from an original point of view. In a human performance staged across Venice, physical travel documents called “Freesas” (as a radical alternative to visas) are issued by migrant officials, giving symbolical access to a world without borders. Integral part to the installation is an Online platform, presented as a “democratic space to showcase contributors’ thoughts and perspectives on migration. From doctors to astronauts, visual artists to chefs, political analysts to NGO workers, you will find a collection of audio, video, text, photographs, and recipes that explore the concept of migration.” Amongst over a hundred contributions, here is a culinary reflection by Ferruccio Pastore (http://www.theabsenceofpaths.com/commission/sciacsciuca-shakshouka-%D8%B4%D9%83%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%83%D9%87-%D7%A9%D7%A7%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%94-reflections-on-the-mutations-of-a-recipe
