Stone at the Table. Material, Gestures and Spaces of Eating from Prehistory to Contemporary Cuisine

“Stone at the Table. Material, Gestures and Spaces of Eating from Prehistory to Contemporary Cuisine”

An accessible event aimed also at a non-specialist audience, featuring a series of short presentations accompanied by images and developed through dialogue with the moderator, architect Massimiliano Valdinoci.

Talk Programme

• Marco Peresani (Professor of Prehistory and Protohistory, University of Ferrara) and Chiara Zen (Archaeologist and PhD Candidate in Humanities, University of Ferrara): “Stone, Fire, Tools and Food in Fumane Cave”.
• Patrizia Basso (Professor of Classical Archaeology, University of Verona): “Kitchens, Banqueting Spaces and Conviviality in the Roman Villa”.
• Fabio Saggioro (Professor of Medieval Archaeology, University of Verona): “Production, Circulation and Use of Medieval Steatite Vessels”.
• Benvenuto Saba (Sculptor and Art and Design Photographer): “Humankind has always used stone as a means of survival and nourishment, creating objects that can be considered the earliest examples of design”.
• Massimiliano Valdinoci (Architect, Accademia di Belle Arti di Verona): “The Use of Stone and the Design of Contemporary Kitchen Spaces”.
• Andrea Castellani (Architect, CLAB Architettura): “Material, Surfaces and Contemporary Design”.