What is the purpose of archiving the past when the future is bound to mass extinction? This is one of the most pressing questions that museums, public art collections, and all of us working in or with cultural institutions are facing.
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I am writing these lines while a severe heat wave affects southern Europe in July, just a few weeks after the fourth edition of the foodculture days biennial took place in Vevey. The glittery lights of the sunny alpine landscape and the tender sense of community of those days are slowly fading into memory, leaving behind burning questions. While single events like this one offer brief respite, it remains difficult to fathom their impact on long-term processes such as climate change. So, how could art and culture be understood, and cultural events organized, so as to truly contribute to a sustainable human presence on earth ?
Воса A Boca (en: "word of mouth") is an online editorial project by foodculture days. Following a seasonal rhythm, Boca A Boca grows organically as a living archive and platform for the dissemination of thoughts and creative ideas. Each cycle is curated by guest editors invited to respond to a theme emanating from foodculture days' ongoing field research. Through a selection of multimedia and text contributions, the cycles introduce, contextualize, problematize, and enrich in a poetic and situated way the understanding of complex issues that challenge us and our community. With a transdisciplinary and holistic approach, we wish to offer multifaceted perspectives on critical questions of our cultural, social, and environmental time, allowing fortuitous resonances across cycles, ideas, and practices.