Bladder Diplomacy

On the basis of my agricultural background, and artistic practice, I chose to study the relationships between Western nations and the Mediterranean basin through the story of three specific agricultural products: the potato, the tomato, and the malicious weed that kills them both, Orobanche. Depicting geopolitical events in the region that had an impact on our daily life, and their consequences on agricultural practices, I try to link the change of taste of populations with respect to crisis and violence.

—Ziad Antar

The performance lecture follows a screening of the award-winning documentary by Marianna Economou, titled “When Tomatoes Met Wagner” as part of it.