EDEN
IMMERSIVE DINING EXPERIENCE (Co Lab)/ 2019
The project for Kaye WINWOOD
EXPANDED DINING : BEYOND THE PLATE
It is a Co Lab project of the tasting area experiences as a fragment of an art exhibition. It is the immersive eating
which makes this process a part of the art sensory discovery. The eating equipment as well as the way of eating create the intimate feeling and make it unique.
The project concept is ‘Eden’. The story of Adam and Eve has been taken as a base for this project. The arches in
the exhibition symbolize the paradise forest where the first sin was made. The acrylic rings will represent the apples and create the tasting way focusing on the interactive process. Afterwards, the rings and arches in the construction can be deconstructed showing the hell and
the life after the sin commitment.
This is a space for an exhibition of food experiences with a space of 6m X 9m,
providing experience for 12 diners. This is an ellipse space.
At the entrance, you can see an arched oak tunnel consisting of 16 irregularly
shaped arches. The arch is placed with an acrylic ring. Some food can be placed on it. The diners will have a feeling of
picking apples in the Garden of Eden. On both sides of the arched tunnel is an area where people can sit freely. Curtains
of different lengths linger on the ground, and the mapped “Eden” and “Hell” jump on the curtains and people’s faces.
The diners sit in such an environment and enjoy the temporary scenes of “Eden” and “Hell”. At the same time, the
translucent curtains are blurred, people move back and forth in the elliptical area, the blurred figures are distorted, and
the world outside the ellipse can feel such distortion.
FINAL CONCEPT
Garden of Eden + Rings of Hell
The Garden of Eden is the biblical earthly paradise created by God to be inhabited by his first human creation – Adam and Eve. Some claim that the name “Eden” derives from the Akkadian term edinu, which means ‘plain’. In the biblical tradition, the garden is often alluded
to by the biblical authors as a luxuriant place, which is why it is sometimes called the “Garden of God.” Adam was the first man created by God in his image. After God saw the loneliness of Adam as “not good,” God caused a deep sleep on Adam and created Eve (the first woman) out
of Adam’s rib as his helper (Genesis 2:20-23). To properly understand what the garden is to the narrator of Genesis, it is important to discern its location, the characters playing roles in it and what took place in it. All these contribute to our understanding of the biblical definition of the “Garden of Eden” (Laie.T, 2018).
In the Second Circle of Hell, Dante and his companion Virgil find people who were overcome by lust. They are punished by being blown violently back and forth by strong winds, preventing them from finding peace and rest. Strong winds symbolize the restlessness of a person who is led by the desire for fleshly pleasures. Again, Dante sees many notable people from history and mythology including Cleopatra, Tristan, Helen of Troy and others who were
adulterous during their lifetime (Historylists.org, 2016).
