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FAENA JOURNAL
MARCH 2019
Faena Rose
Faena Festival Heads to Buenos Aires
Faena Rose is our art and culture-based private members club, which brings together a dynamic community of likeminded individuals through a robust, year-round calendar of the most engaging and transformative cultural experiences. This March, Faena Rose is delighted to host award-winning photographer & filmmaker, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, for a pre-release screening of Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am followed by a Q&A. The artful documentary explores the extraordinary life of legendary Nobel Laureate, Toni Morrison, through intimate interviews with Morrison herself, Oprah Winfrey, Angela Davis, and more. Faena Rose’s diverse lineup of culturally enriching events this month also includes a hands-on master class with multiple James Beard Award finalist, Chef Hedy Goldsmith, who will teach Rose members the art of making the perfect pastry at Adlib; a pre-release screening of House Two, a new
After a successful presentation in Miami during Art Basel, the Faena Festival will debut in Buenos Aires in April during ArteBA, one of the largest contemporary art fairs in Latin America that focuses on regional artists.
documentary examining the investigation of the two U.S. Marines that killed 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in 2005, followed by a Q&A with Academy Award-nominated filmmaker, Michael Epstein; and an exclusive studio visit with celebrated artist, Gonzalo Fuenmayor, who created a specially-commissioned series of prints and photographs for all of the guest rooms at Faena Hotel Miami Beach.
This local edition of the festival’s inaugural program, This Is Not America, explores the various narratives and mythologies associated with the Americas through commissioned installations and performances. "Artists are not limited by geopolitical divisions, so we have decided to explore different interpretations of what unites Americans and, ultimately, what connects us,” says Faena Group Founder Alan Faena. Reinforcing its commitment to creating cutting-edge, largescale public installations that are free and open to the public, the festival puts forth a polyphonic platform to amplify creative voices across a range of artistic genres.
For more information about Faena Rose, contact rosemembership@faena.com Follow @Faena.Rose on Instagram for more highlights, happenings, and everything in between.
Spring is Here! A Perfect Season For Eating Flowers If one studies flowers one realizes that there are some that are more beautiful than they need to be. Like the poppy, with its almost violent hue and its lofty elegance, flowers become separate from their primitive purpose and incline toward beauty. They are like a little perversion. Their diminutive frivolity extends to the rest of living beings, above all to humans, who are attracted to them to the extent of not only cutting them and taking them home, but also of wanting to eat them. The culinary use of flowers dates back to China, Greece and Rome thousands of years ago, but it has always been present in traditions around the world. Hibiscus is eaten in Africa, Latin America and China. We even eat watercress, orange squash blossoms, pansys' and moringa's which are a popular ingredient in the Indian subcontinent. The strange thing about this is that there is not a lot of energy in these flowers. They lack carbohydrates and proteins and usually have few minerals. So we eat flowers for the very same reason that they exist: they are beautiful, and that is enough. That beauty is not purely visual, however. In addition to their shapes and colors, flowers smell delicious, which is an essential part of cuisine, while some have slightly bitter or spicy tastes, adding an extravagant touch to the dishes they adorn. Unfortunately, not everything that is beautiful is edible; some of the most beautiful flowers are poisonous, although they are also medicinal if used correctly. But those that lose their ephemeral uselessness on our palate can be combined so that their beauty becomes a different end in itself. Eating flowers is an aesthetic charm, and literally feeding on that charm is a form of subversion. And precisely because they are not especially nutritious
or especially tasty, eating them is a way of reconciling ourselves with that capricious beauty, of flowing in harmony with their ephemeral phenomenon. And instead of always seeking the flavorful satisfaction of food, or the nutritional obsession for ‘superfoods’, let us eat out of aesthetic admiration, for a change. These are some edible flowers for a colorful spring diet: 1. Chrysanthemum (only the petals are eaten, and which are a little bitter or taste of pepper) 2. Orange blossom (citrus flowers are sweet and aromatic. They are used in small quantities to not over-perfume a dish. 3. Elderflowers (flowers and leaves. Soft, sweet flavor) 4. Gladiola (only the petals, which have a light taste) 5. Hollyhock (the petals have a subtle and vegetal taste) 6. Carnation (the petals are sweet when the base is removed) 7. Nasturtium (the most popular of all, sweet with a touch of pepper) 8. Marigold (remove the white base and eat the petals) 9. Roses (only the petals) 10. Alliums of the onion, garlic and leek species (all of the flower is edible) 11. Sunflowers (shoots, petals, seeds) 12. Violet (the entire flower, which is sweet) 13. Lavender (sweet, spicy and perfumed) 14. Squash blossoms (all of the flower and the upper part of the stalk) 15. Lilly (the flowers are spicy, infused with a citric aroma)
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The culinary use of these flowers is essential for the nutrition of parts of us that are frequently neglected.
Gladiola Flowers
Rose Flowers
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Performances from artists Cecilia Bengolea and Isabel Lewis— featuring collaborations with local performers—will unfold at La Rural, a historic exhibition center in the heart of Palermo, while Alfredo Jaar’s A Logo for América will be presented for the first time in Latin America on a jumbotron in Av 9 de Julio, just in front of the Obelisco. Other art and film installations from Fernando Rubio, Agustina Woodgate, Luna Paiva, Mercedes Azpilicueta, Clara Cullen, and Joseph Beuys will take place throughout the city.
For more information, visit www.faenafestival.com