Flavours of transformations
Krater & osmo/za (Ljubljana) & PIFcamp (Soča)
26 May – 03 August 2025
Meet Fransisca Tan, these years artist-in -residency, and join us on Monday 26th of May at 17:30 in Krater for an inspiring introduction into her upcoming PIFresidency! Fransisca will share how food becomes more than sustenance: its a material for making a metaphor for growts and a tool for collective storytelling.
This summer, we are excited to host Austrian artist and food experience designer Fransisca Tan. Her residency, Flavours of Transformation, delves into the intersections of food, art, and identity, guided by both individual and collective experiences of food as a medium of artistic expression.
The residency will focus on community-oriented food practices, drawing connections between the rituals of food preparation and the creative process. Activities will unfold through field explorations, intimate research sessions, hands-on workshops, and will culminate in a final presentation, inviting participants to reflect on food not just as sustenance, but as a material for making, a metaphor for change, and a shared cultural language. During her residency several experimental workshops are planned in the degraded landscapes of Krater, a creative laboratory in a construction pit in Ljubljana, and during PIFcamp, in the pristine nature of upper Soča valley.
Introductory event ahead of summer residency.
Fransisca Tan: Flavours of Transformations
May 26th at 17:30
Krater – entrance from Peričeva Street, Ljubljana
Join Austrian food designer and creative producer Fransisca Tan for an inspiring introduction into her upcoming PIFresidency. Her aim for this summer is to explore how food, art, and identity evolve across the seasons of our lives, together with the local community.
Blending personal reflections, insights into her previous projects, and artistic provocations, Fransisca will share how food becomes more than sustenance: it’s a material for making, a metaphor for growth, and a tool for collective storytelling. From fermented installations to edible rituals, discover how nourishment–literal and metaphorical–can guide us through transitions with curiosity, care, and creativity.
Join to find out how we can creatively embrace change through sensory and communal experiences!
For more info you can write to rea@projekt-atol.si
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Production: Projekt Atol Institute in collaboration with Trajna/ Krater.
Financial support: The Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Public Administration of the Republic of Slovenia, the City of Ljubljana – Department of Culture.
PIFresidencies are part of Rewilding Cultures project and co-funded by the European Union.
Bio
Fransisca Tan is an Austrian food experience designer, blending her expertise in cognitive sciences, communication, gastronomy, and IT. With a deep-rooted passion for exploring and creating transformative human experiences, Fransisca uses the multisensory power of food as her canvas. As an artist, creative producer, and international project manager, she aspires to bring together people from all walks of life and to highlight the value of community, collaboration, and compassion. She creates somatic experiences such as ice cream interventions, sensory grounding, and food meditations. Her second nature as a facilitator is reflected in her strong belief in a community arts approach and in creating opportunities to find inspiration through engaging with art using all our senses.
Fransisca Tan
