OLIVE GATHERING
Olive oil tasting for Khalil Rabah’s installation “Olive Gathering”, Dream City, Tunis.
As part of Khalil Rabah’s Olive Gathering : Stories Under the Olive Tree, BROUDOU Magazine hosted an afternoon of olive oil tasting and storytelling. By experiencing taste, we aim to activate the body’s sensorium and access embodied memories.
Using drawing and conversation, we used the experience of tasting as a starting point for various transcreations and storytelling.
We began by introducing a variety of different oils from across the country, tasting them and then discussing in groups how the different oils evoked memories, associations and feelings. Participants were also invited to expand their reflection on taste and emotion by using drawing to translate their sensory experiences into form and colors.
Amongst the participants in the workshop were a group of 10 youth, aged 10-17, from the Dream City Art & Education program.
Initiated with the financial support of Goethe-Institut Tunesien