Making space for the inbetween

How does it feel to participate in a joint dinner in complete silence? What happens to the senses when the verbal conversation ceases? It is questions like these that are taken up by the Finnish artist Nina Backman, who is behind the performative food experience Silence Meal. Silence Meal experiments with silence as a method to increase intensity and sharpen the senses. The format gives the participating dinner guests an opportunity to experience what happens when the spoken interaction stops and is replaced by the silent community.

You can have it all When you find greatness in the peace that you do not claim

“In order to be one, you must first be two”- Esther Perel, Mating in Captivity