Pavilion project: Don't play with your food!

Maria Pinto (2nd year student of the VAV - moving image department) was selected through the Open Call by Public & Projects to take over the Pavilion of the Rietveld Academie two weeks in March 2026.

From Wednesday 4 March until Friday 13 March, at least once a day, during mealtimes, a workshop on playing with food was held in the Pavilion, led by different people.

The Pavilion was transformed into a bakery looking space, not with the intention of selling bread, but of playing with food and around it, rebelling to what we’re often told as children: “Don’t play with your food!”.

Relying on diverse food traditions and, at the same time, on breaking of said rules, people came together at mealtimes to unconventionally prepare and eat meals, creating new rituals around the table.

The playing happened during workshops and shared meals, in which it was tried to make edible art, not only through sculptures, but also performances and storytelling.

Photos by Matija Stojanovic

Poster by Maria Pinto