Date | 5-9 June 2025 13:00-19:00 |
Venue | The Kitchen / Central Location |
Price | Paid |
Illegal gelato ™
Götz Bargende (DE)
illegal gelato™ is a culinary installation and a sensory immersion through a unique tasting experience: that of gelato, and the absurd and intense pleasure it provokes in us. It might also be a cleverly crafted sales concept, a playful exploration of desire, accessibility, and prohibition: Why do we always crave what we cannot have? What drives humans in their endless pursuit of pleasure and transgression? Through this traveling project, the artisan-artist invites us to experiment and reflect on what eludes us and what unsettles us.
illegal gelato™ will undertake a residency in the Vaud region to meticulously source ingredients that reflect the Vevey area and its contradictions
Götz Klaus Bargende is a German artist, documentary filmmaker, and musician. Originally from Berlin, he has lived in Falkensee since 1997, after several years spent in New York. His work explores a multitude of forms, combining audiovisual installations, stage projections of music, recordings, and darkroom installations. He is also involved in the artistic direction of cultural programs on topics such as Wild Nature and Art (DBU). Since 2015, he has been developing illegal gelato. The project was part of the “LYCHEN” installation by Japanese designer Teruhiro Yanagihara at the VAGUE gallery in Arles (France). Since 2023, at the invitation of Lola Randl, the project has been based at Grosse Garden in Gerswale (Germany), in the form of performances combining sound creation, space and ice cream.
IG: @gz.bargende
Photo credits: Mirka Pflügel, Grosse Garden 2023