SUNNY Bank Mills Gallery in Farsley is hosting a pop-up supper club like no other during its latest exhibition, Don’t Play With Your Food.
Don’t Play With Your Food invites visitors to take a seat at the table and rediscover the joy of food.
The exhibition creates meaning with the humble cabbage and transforms simple things such as bread and milk into timeless works of art.
It sees a collection of artists, chefs and craftspeople share the gallery to celebrate how playful, gross and delicious food can be.
Anna Turzynski, Sunny Bank Mills’ arts director, said: “We wanted our latest exhibition to inspire visitors regardless of their age.
“Don’t Play With Your Food is an exhibition born out of many conversations and is an invitation to reconsider your relationship to food.
“I have always been fascinated by how artists use food in their work, and how the lines between chef, designer, scientist and artist can be blurred.
“You can expect melting ice cream sculptures, surreal cutlery, noodle soup portraits and a giant sandwich.
“The Edible Playground Supper Club is an extension of these ideas bringing fun and play into a unique dining experience.”
Created by artist, chef and academic Helen Russell Brown, Edible Playground is a playful rejection of table manners.
Diners are invited to put their elbows on the table and take a trip down memory lane.
The menu is inspired by Helen’s own personal food memories from childhood and beyond.
Diners are invited to sit at a sculptural tablescape and experience a meal that sits at the intersection between food, art and playgrounds.
Helen said: “We always seem to be looking for the next adventure, experience or undiscovered place - how nice to sink back into nostalgia and rediscover the sticky memories of our younger years.
“I've always been fascinated with breaking the rules of the dining table, perhaps starting with 'no elbows on the table' at family gatherings.
“Having fun with food was always encouraged in our household though.
“Dad's pea sandwiches (didn't go down well at the time) and blue toast (impressed guests at sleepovers), and mum's epic birthday cake scenes are some of my favourite memories of kitchen mischief.”
Anna said: “Edible Playground will welcome people into the gallery after hours to enjoy a three-act meal like no other. The menu that Helen and her team is unlike any dining experience I have ever had. It’s going to be a great evening of mischief and finger licking!”
The Edible Playground Supper Club will be on for two nights only – Friday, July 12, and Saturday, July 13 - and is a completely plant-based menu. Don’t Play With Your Food exhibition opens on Saturday, July 6, and run until Sunday, September 1.
For more information and booking for the Supper Club, visit sunnybankmills.co.uk/dont-play-with-your-food/
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