Call for Recipes - Two Times Tart - Exploring new tastes and geographies

Call for Sweet Filling Recipes

=91Two Times Tart=92
exploring new tastes and geographies

=46rom individuals living or working in the following countries:
Turkey, Armenia, Bulgaria, Syria, Iran, Greece, Georgia, Azerbaijan, =20
Iraq

Please submit (in English) to: caravansarai.info(at)gmail.com
- an unpublished recipe for a sweet tart filling (to go inside an =20
empty pastry shell)
- your personal story behind the recipe
- a short biography
- the country in which you are living, your email address, webpages, =20
etc.

The deadline for submission is the 8th of February 2008.
Questions? : caravansarai.info(at)gmail.com


About the Project

A trans-cultural culinary exploration of tastes and geographies, =20
created from the combined input of 9 individuals from Turkey and its =20
eight surrounding countries. In Istanbul, Julie Upmeyer has =20
commissioned half-circle pastry shells from the small neighborhood =20
bakery next to the Caravansarai project space. These shells hold the =20
nine unique sweet fillings, made in Istanbul by Julie Upmeyer and the =20=

Caravansarai project team, from recipes submitted by the 9 =20
participating individuals.

Two half tarts (each 4.5 X 3 cm) are eaten simultaneously. The =20
combination is chosen by the eater, who decides their own pair of =20
flavors and geographies.


Project Vision

A =91Two Times Tart=92,
connecting people and cultures, transgressing political tensions in =20
the simple action of eating. The empty pastry shell is the political =20
boundaries, divided and hollow, tasteless and identical. The filling =20
is the people, cultures and traditions, held by the shells, yet =20
overshadowing them with their flavor and originality. Combined in a =20
single bite, are the creations of two individuals, two tastes=85.together.=



Selection

Julie Upmeyer and the Caravansarai project team will select one =20
recipe from each country. Results will be announced on February 11th, =20=

2008.
Distribution

The pastry series will be first produced in La Spezia, Italy as part =20
of the =91Love Difference Ice-cream and sweets as cultural passports=92 =20=

event and later in Istanbul, Turkey for the opening event and =20
distribution period. The project can be presented in other locations =20
throughout the world when opportunities arise. The contributing =20
authors will be attributed in all project material (documentation, =20
signage, labels). It is understood that the selected recipes will be =20
published on the Caravansarai and Love Difference Pastries websites, =20
and be distributed through these respective networks.


About Love Difference Pastries

Gastronomy represents an opportunity to activate intercultural =20
creative meetings and add value to cultural differences. Love =20
Difference invites confectioners, chefs, artists to create sweets, =20
with the aim of creating Love Difference Confectioneries in =20
Mediterranean regions. The project is promoted by Love Difference, =20
Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto, in collaboration with CAMeC =20
Modern and Contemporary Art Center in La Spezia.

http://www.lovedifference.org/eng/network/projects/pasticcerie_mac.htm


About Julie Upmeyer

Julie Upmeyer is artist and initiator based in Istanbul. Working =20
independently and with various local and international partners, she =20
generates projects, events, explorations, artworks and experience-=20
based research. Her work as an artist has been highly influenced by =20
the repurposing of everyday materials, with an emphasis on =20
interaction and process-based practice. Her interest in alternative =20
spaces for art generation and exhibition lead to her involvement with =20=

Res Artis, the international network of artist residencies, and a =20
three-year nomadic life - working on various projects and with =20
residential art spaces and festivals in India, Germany, Austria, The =20
Netherlands and Greece. Having been first invited to Istanbul, Turkey =20=

as an artist-in-resident, she has now returned, making it a base for =20
her artistic practice. Recently she initiated Caravansarai, an =20
emerging independent project space and meeting point in the city.

www.active-ingredient.net


About Caravansarai

Caravansarai is a project space and meeting point, organising events, =20=

projects, workshops, collaborations and feasts, producing programming =20=

for the internet-based TV station 'Caravansarai Istanbul TV' - =20
CITV . Caravansarai is open to individuals and projects, local, =20
virtual and international collaborations.

www.caravansarai.info
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