A Reflection on Food, Time & Transformation
08 August 2025 | 17:00–19:00 @ Krater, Ljubljana
How do we want to preserve time? What truly matters to us? And how can we become more conscious facilitators – of our lives, our health, and our roles within our ecosystems? This gathering is an invitation to explore fermentation not only as a culinary practice, but as a metaphor for adulthood: a process of transformation, preservation, patience, and care. We’ll reflect on the concept of time – not as something to optimize, but as something to relate to with intention and depth.
Share & Tell
• Insights from 3 immersive days at NOMA, the world-renowned restaurant in Copenhagen that helped redefine fine dining and is now evolving into Noma 3.0—a fermentation-focused food lab for the future.
• Reflections on food, time, and transformation – and what experiences such as PIFcamp can teach us about reimagining systems, tradition, and innovation.
Tasting & Workshop
• Fermentation session (including Lacto-Amazake from the limited-edition NOMA Project Fermentation Kit.)
• Hands-on tasting and intuitive exploration: What does it mean to cultivate a healthy microbiome, both inside and around us?
Open invitation:
Do you have any veggies in your fridge you don’t know what to do with? Or something you’ve seen in the market and always wondered to do with it? Please bring it, so we can ferment it together!
The workshop is part of this years PIFresidency: Flavours of Transformations
Mentor
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 TanHow to apply
You don’t need any prior knowledge to participate, just a desire to actively participate, learn and share! Participation in the workshop is free of charge, please register at delavnice@projekt-atol.si. The workshop will be held in English.
Production
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.
Foto: Katja Goljat
