“kulturMontag”: Cannes Film Festival, Architecture Biennale in Venice, “Future Food”

2023-05-19 15:37:04

At 10.30 p.m. on ORF 2; afterwards: documentary “Cooking as a world view”

Vienna (OTS) – The “kulturMontag” presented by Clarissa Stadler on May 22, 2023 at 10:30 p.m. on ORF 2 is dedicated to this year’s Cannes Film Festival, about which the head of the film department Christian Konrad reports live from the Côte d’Azur. The program also deals with the new edition of the International Architecture Biennale in Venice – with the topic of spatial politics using the example of the lagoon city. In addition, the “kulturMontag” visits the new exhibition “Future Food” in the Museum Arbeitswelt in Steyr and shows what our food could look like in a world of tomorrow. Then the documentary “Cooking as a World View” (11:15 p.m.) as part of the ORF/MUTTER EARDE focus on “Climate and Nutrition” is on the program.

More about “kulturMontag”:

Palm trees on the Côte d’Azur – Cannes International Film Festival 2023

This year’s Cannes Film Festival promises a lot of glitz and glamor, where superstars like Johnny Depp with the opening film “Jeanne du Barry”, Harrison Ford with his fifth Indiana Jones movie or Martin Scorsese and Robert de Niro with the thriller “Killers of the Flower Moon” announced and Oscar winner Michael Douglas was honored with a golden palm of honor for his work and commitment to cinema. Also eagerly awaited is Wes Anderson’s new film, Asteroid City, which stars Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton and Adrien Brody. The Austrian Jessica Hausner, meanwhile a regular guest at the festival on the Côte d’Azur, is in the very best of company with her new film: she rides with “Club Zero”, which is about dangerous group dynamics at a school, alongside Wim Wenders and Todd Haynes , Aki Kaurismäki, Ken Loach, Alice Rohrwacher or Catherine Breillat for the Palme d’Or. Film department head Christian Konrad reports on gems, taillights and opportunities in a live interview from Cannes.

Laboratory of the Future – 18th Architecture Biennale in Venice

The 18th edition of the Venice International Architecture Biennale puts Africa at the forefront of its programme, which is spread over 63 pavilions in the Giardini, in the Arsenale and in the historical center of the lagoon city. The Austrian team around the young Viennese architecture collective AKT and Hermann Czech critically examines the explosive topic of spatial politics using the example of Venice. Thousands of apartments are empty in the Serenissima, which is flooded with tourists, but the Venetians can hardly afford to live there anymore. The massive displacement of the population, which has shrunk from 170,000 to less than 50,000 in the past few decades, is also an issue for Austria’s representatives. According to research, the Biennale itself is partly to blame, because every year the city is deprived of more space and turned into display areas, which, however, are not available to the population outside the Biennale times. In addition to the expansion, Czech also points to the failure of a project in which an area originally intended for the construction of social housing is now being built with luxury properties. The original concept, which was supposed to open the rear of the Austrian pavilion to the local population, failed after disputes with the Venetian monuments office. “AKT” and Czech, however, suspect the Biennale itself as a hindrance. Now they are putting the void at the center of their presentation and using local initiatives to take a close look at Venice’s core problems. Does the concept suit the city officials and Biennale President Roberto Cicutto? The “kulturMontag” with a local visit.

Future Food – food for the world of tomorrow

Vegetarian or vegan, low carb or superfood – while one nutritional trend is chasing the next, millions of people around the world are starving. For the Global West, it is primarily a cultural and personal choice as to what goes on the plate each day, but food is no longer just a matter of preference. So what might food look like in a world of tomorrow? The Museum of Working World in Steyr investigates this red-hot question in its new exhibition “Future Food” and makes it clear how economic and world politics determine what satisfies the hunger of eight billion people every day. Divided into four areas – from food production to eventual consumption – the show aims to paint a holistic picture of the real value of food. Food on display will also include lab-grown broiled chicken, tofu broiled chicken, chicken protein shakes and fried insects. A glimpse into the future, or rather utopia? The artist duo Honey and Bunny invite you to a future table. Around 80 experts from science, art, politics, business and the media will discuss the sustainable, livable “edible city”. An eat art event reflecting on the future of urban supply and how agriculture and urban planning could work together.

Documentary “Cooking as a World View” (11:15 p.m.)

Eating is more than just nourishment. Cooking has long been ideologically charged. But: Can regional cuisine make the world a better place and what do our preferences, our food ideologies, say about us? Shouldn’t ecological questions determine our diet? And what can the Bavarian-Austrian “art of cooking” contribute to this? The film “Cooking as a World View” by Antje Harries embarks on a culinary and sensual journey with top chefs Eckart Witzigmann, Heinz Reitbauer and Paul Ivić, which takes a humorous look at the history of cooking.