Culinary Lessons - Istanbul is a salon-style talk about Turkish culinary traditions and contemporary practices in relation to the arts, architecture and design. The talk is part of a series hosted by the Städelschule Architecture Class and presented within the programme of the 2016 Istanbul Design Biennial.

A conversation between SAC Specialisation Leaders: Mirco Becker, Johan Bettum, Holger Hoffmann, Peter Trummer

SAC and its second year group, Architecture and Aesthetic Practice, in collaboration with AtelierSlice (Stockholm/New York) and Genießerakademie (Frankfurt), invites to The Feast. The Feast is a year-long experimental investigation into the relations between architecture, art and culinary practice. The project explores opportunities for innovation in the making of tomorrow. Its Prolegomenon - From Peelings to Core was an introductory, public event at the Städelschule.

In collaboration with the Goethe Institute, SAC will be the host of a salon on June 5 at 2.30 pm during the Preview the Architecture Biennial in Venice 2014. Sanford Kwinter, Mark Wigley, William Forsythe, Daniel Birnbaum and Johan Bettum will speak about the topic of "Cinematic Space and Choreographic Time". The event is generously supported by the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung.