WE ARE WHAT WE ARE NOT: Dinner-Performance "Eat a Museum" im RJM

In the organizer's words:

As part of the exhibition WE ARE WHAT WE ARE NOT, curator and artist Yohannes Mulat Mekonnen invites visitors to experience the museum with all their senses - not just to eat in the museum, but to eat the museum itself.

EAT A MUSEUM is a dinner performance that understands cooking and eating as curatorial and artistic methods: as ways of moving through the RJM collection, questioning it and reprocessing it.
Guests are invited to take a seat in the exhibition and enjoy a curated three-course meal drawn from the collection.

Eating, tasting, sharing and conversation combine to create a shared experience that opens up new perspectives on museums and collections.

You can find more information about the exhibition via the link on our website: Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum Cologne | WE ARE WHAT WE ARE NOT

Important note: The three-course menu is not vegetarian and contains both meat and fish. Drinks are included in the price.

About the curator: Yohannes Mulat Mekonnen is an Ethiopian multidisciplinary artist and visual anthropologist. He is currently a Gerda Henkel Research Fellow at the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum (RJM) and a Fellow at the University of Bonn.

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As part of the exhibition WE ARE WHAT WE ARE NOT the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum Cologne, together with curator and artist Yohannes Mulat Mekonnen, invites you to the event "EAT A MUSEUM."

The exhibition focuses on museum objects that are no longer part of the RJM collection, thereby making absence tangible and experienceable as a space for reflection, memory, and imagination.

Through "Eat a Museum," the museum becomes the setting for a special culinary experience. In the exhibition space, guests are invited to take a seat and enjoy a carefully curated three-course menu inspired by the collection and its missing objects.

Eating, tasting, exchange, and conversation come together in a shared experience that opens new perspectives on museums and collections.

For more information about the exhibition, please follow the link on our website: Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum Köln | WE ARE WHAT WE ARE NOT

Important note: The three-course menu is not vegetarian and includes both meat and fish. Drinks are included.

About the curator: Yohannes Mulat Mekonnen is a multidisciplinary artist and visual anthropologist. He is currently a Visual Anthropology Fellow at the University of Bonn and a Gerda Henkel Research Fellow at the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum (RJM).