It’s fascinating and inspiring to live in this time of human history. Cultural paradigms and values are shifting. There is an increasing sense that basic ideas we are guided by and those that shape structures we’ve built to make sense of the world are becoming outdated: the »factory model« of education, mindless overconsumption of planetary resources, intolerance to cultural pluralism, ways of production that lead to environmental degradation, superficial short-term economics-driven politics, neoliberal mindset, cultural integrities challenged by the rapid digitalisation and slow catching up of social and emotional development, and so on. 

People interested in intentional cultural change, and those who are involved in the process of contributing to this change gathered at cocreation.woods. We invited thinkers and doers from different sectors (culture, philosophy, business, education, science, arts and music) who dedicate their work to conscious co-creation of new culture. What is this new culture about and what are the common denominators of it across and beyond different »departments« of society — that’s the question we set off to explore. Enriched by cross-pollinated viewpoints, we want to find common insights that cross disciplinary boundaries and make it possible for us to support each other in our own transformative processes, to translate gained knowledge and experiences to our own fields, and possibly develop common projects. 

In collaboration with La Foresta Collective, we brought cocreation.woods to Berlin: a new cultural, intellectual, emotional, sensory, and culinary journey format. The event was fully dedicated to the theme of Being Transformation.

For this occasion, we designed a conceptual food experience playing with the theme of the forest as a metaphor of a society we wish for: where cultures, creativity, curiosity, sustainability, awareness, and all the different fields of human activity and knowledge organically grow together into a mutually supportive global community.

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Welcome
. sowing seeds

First Course
. making grow

Intermezzo
. trees

Main Course
. becoming a forest

Dessert
. the sweetness of belonging

Skills:

• food concept

• creative direction

• food staging + styling

• event management

»Being Transformation« was a collaboration of Studio Inés Lauber, La Foresta Collective, Bloom & Echo, Andrea Ianicella and Siobhan Dammert.