Artikel über NLK in der NEUSTÄDTER MARKT JOURNAL / Article report on the NLK project at the NEUSTÄDTER MARKT JOURNAL

Henry Hufenreuter: NEUSTÄDTER MARKT JOURNAL, Ausgabe 2009-1: Seite 16-17
(Issue 2009-1: Pages 16 - 17)

Pressebericht über NLK in der Leipziger Volkszeitung / Press report on the NLK project at the Leipziger Volkszeitung

13. Februar 2009 im OFT-Rabet, Video 2

13. Februar 2009 im OFT-Rabet, Video 1

With the participants we talk about their perceptions on the intercultural exchanges in Leipzig. They point out the processes of improvements that are required to be done. It´s a matter of time, also paying attention to the different generations of migrants and germans settled down in the East side of central Leipzig. The challenges of better understanding and interrelations also need more spaces where to talk about common and shared wishes in terms of the social life in the neigbourhood and the city.

13. Februar 2009 im OFT-Rabet, Fotos 2

Children performance on the stage. (photo by Loukas Bartatilas)

View of the cooking area from the stage. (photo by Loukas Bartatilas)

Kristina Draskovic, Loukas Bartatilas and Chris Meillon surrounding
Charlie´s cooking performance. (photo by Carlos Leon-Xjimenez)

Children performance on the stage, view from the cooking area.
(photo by Loukas Bartatilas)

Adults and children cooking and mixing in the cooking area.
(photo by Loukas Bartatilas)

6. Februar 2009 im OFT-Rabet, a first approach

Our first experience in the "Neue Leipziger Küche" was a discovery of the Leipzigs potentials. The participatory cooking-happening engaged children, teenagers and adults from different national and cultural backgrounds.

By one side the table with different vegetables, sauces and ingredients, invites the guest to intervene in the food offered by the people who was cooking. At the same time, other people bring home-made food for the guests.

The children and teenagers engaged the cooking processes, but also the big panel board were we research about the origin of the food was took to the event.

The "Neue Leipziger Küche" is a process inviting to rethink intercultural dialogs and citizenship values, through the everyday food mixes that can be experienced in Leipzig.