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Foodprint tells the story of the creation of the Mediterranean Diet and explores why it is relevant to our lives today. It brings alive a history of sustainability, Health and cultural exchange, helping to explain how simple peasant food has come to be celebrated as the healthiest food for both our bodies and the planet.

Connecting Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Croatia and Cyprus, the project is based on photographs by five European photographers that bring alive an age-old way of life practiced across the Mediterranean for centuries. Parallel activities include food photography workshops for teenagers, educational programmes, documentary screenings, cooking & food events and culinary walks. Foodprint ultimately seeks to inspire change and to connect a European audience with the past of a region, which although marked by poverty and hunger, created the world’s healthiest and most sustainable diet.

 

 

 

 

PROJECT ELEMENTS


1. TRAVELLING EXHIBITION

The exhibition, which travels across Europe in 2O22-4, uses contemporary photography to engage visitors in a multi-sensory exploration of the Mediterranean Diet.

 

2. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME

An educational programme will be created for use within museum exhibitions and schools in at least five languages including English, Italian and Greek. Special focus is given to the components of a healthy and environmentally sustainable diet and food in antiquity.

 

3. INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS & EVENTS

A series of workshops and site-specific activities will take place online or in the exhibition spaces, in the cities hosting the exhibition.

 

4. DOCUMENTARY

A science documentary will be created to accompany Foodprint, in partnership with the French broadcaster ARTS and the Greek broadcasters Cosmote TV and ART. Event Screenings will take place within the exhibition, in schools, cinemas and cultural centers.

Entitled The Perfect I•Jeal, the documentary explores the most recent science behind how the Mediterranean diet affects our body. The film focuses on heart disease, cancer, obesity and brain aging, but also on why what is healthy for our body is healthy for the planet.

 

For further information, please visit: www.foodprint-project.com 

Connecting Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Croatia and Cyprus, the project is based on photographs by five European photographers that bring alive an age-old way of life practiced across the Mediterranean for centuries. Parallel activities include

Connecting Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Croatia and Cyprus, the project is based on photographs by five European photographers that bring alive an age-old way of life practiced across the Mediterranean for centuries. Parallel activities include