BEHIND THE SCENES:
IDE TO POLAND
A new expedition on the CERAMIC & FOOD ROUTE

PART I

Have just learned that I can post on JSVCprojects and IDE at the same time.

So following on our road trip yesterday took us to a place called Kwaśne Jabłko where Marcin Wiechowski and his wife have bought a farm a few years ago and are now producing cider from historic orchards called Acidic Apples. He has created a BnB with a restaurant in the farm on a beautiful spot in a container. The idea is it is a formula other farmers can adopt too. You will see the blue painted container. Lunch was enchanting. Fresh and vivid flavours in an array of vegetable combinations. Stuffed zucchini flowers with cheese and eel on a lemony layer of thinly sliced courgettes, baked pumpkin.

The big tree you see on the porch in front of his chaix where he makes several varieties of cider from different varieties of apples. He told a story about the place being without history without objects without remnants of the past except the oldest apple trees that were over a hundred years old. He is trying in his way to make a new history.

Then we drove again to another special place for the night Stara Szkola Wysoka Wieswhere Jacek Trocz and his wife served dinner and breakfast you will see redolent with petals and flowers from their abundant gardens. Colourful vegetables and lively flavours in their dishes and table settings. This is my last day on this expedition and the the ideas are coming fast and feverishly among the designers and experts. You will see the results in a month when I come back to see the results.

PART II

This is the first painting you see in @wilhelm_sasnal exhibition SUCH A LANDSCAPE at @polinmuseum. His affection for this particular slightly acidic green is present in many works a kind of electric charge that makes a neutral scene feel far from bucolic. This menacing charm is an irony not lost on us today.

© All photographs by JSVCprojects

More info:

IDE TO POLAND in collaboration with @creativeprojectfoundation

Part of CERAMIC & FOOD ROUTE

Co-produced with: @fondationmartell

Designers: @goliathdyevredesign @argot_studio @zhuo.qi

Co-creative direction: @mathildebretillot @miskamillerlovegrove

IDE Experts: @jsvcprojects #marcbretillot @pierangelo.caramia @laurentdestrees

Producer: @ankasimone

Sponsors and Partners: Adam Mickiewicz Institute @culture_pl
Institut Français de Varsovie @if_officiel @institut_francais_de_varsovie @raffleseuropejski @autor_rooms
Polish Vodka Museum @polishvodkamuseum

Food: @restauracjaepoka @antoniuscaviar

Academic: @schoolofform

Ceramists: @majolika_nieborow @dominika_donde @moskoceramics

Communication: @14septembre

Media partner: @kukbuk_official

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