During 2025 these artists have realised and are rolling out their art projects, designed in collaboration with researchers at Wageningen Food and Biobased Research, Social Geography (wageningen), religion (Leiden), and many other scientists, to weave a tapestry of perspectives on “Protein Transition”, defined here as a needed shift in our western diet to move towards eating more plantbased proteins than animal proteins. The LeaPT project, making this possible, is funded by an anonymous donor, and the assignments to the artists and curator is provided by WFBR at Wageningen University, and kindly supported by voluntary time from many scientists at Wageningen and other universities.
The artworks have travelled and are travelling through the Netherland. The presentations will show pictures and sounds and some live snippets from the artworks, and give insight in the “making of”, the process in collaboration with science, farmers, communities.
The artists presenting their work will be:
Eric Langendoen (from Wageningen) with a light-art and sound installation “Koe-kroost”, mixing animal and plant traits in a party of eye and ear-candy, with a spoonful of Dali surrealism, centered around a strong (3D printed) image that invokes thoughts about the future of food.
Berkveldt (duo from Rotterdam consisting of Juriaan van Berkel and Noëlle Ingeveldt) with “Perlijn”, a visually and auditively appealing installation that combines a mystic/archetypic storytelling with agricultural practices, problems and promises of the now.
Kristina Mau Hansen (from Arnhem) who made a cooking performance in which she weaves music together with sound from De Ommuurde Tuin and cultural history of the “Pronkboon”, “Stinse boon”, or as in the title of the performance: “When we listen to the Beetle Bean”. The collaboration with local communities like the farmers at Ommuurde Tuin and the artists personal love for a landscape, fortified by growing this bean, meets colonial history and tobacco farming in the foodvalley area.
Impulse is open every day to the public, so this is not only for Wageningen University & Research people to eat their lunch and see something about their work being processed into art, but it explicitly invites you to the Campus. 13th November, 12:00-13:30h,, no reservations needed, Impulse’s “zitkuil” (you’ll see it immediately at the entrance)
more info on WUR webpage: https://www.wur.nl/en/research-results/research-institutes/food-biobased-research/show-fbr/lunch-art-dialogue-from-animal-to-plant-based-eating.htm
