Sobremesa: Vagaries of the Palate is a transnational project which persists in the moments post-meal, post-action, at the afterparty, and post-performance, in spaces where inhibitions lower and the metaphorical seat at the table showcases the failings of the project of integration. The pilot phase is co-funded by the European Union to further cooperation amongst its member states.
Sobremesa: Vagaries of the Palate is a transnational project which persists in the moments post-meal, post-action, at the afterparty, and post-performance, in spaces where inhibitions lower and the metaphorical seat at the table showcases the failings of the project of integration. The pilot phase is co-funded by the European Union to further cooperation amongst its member states.
Happenings
NOVEMBER 4, 2026 – NOVEMBER 7, 2026
Casa de Macau, Estúdio Baratinha, HANGAR, Cicero
Sobremesa x Lisbon Art Weekend 2026
Sobremesa joins Lisbon Art Weekend for a programme of artistic encounters, participatory happenings and conversations exploring food as material, method and a way of producing knowledge.
NOVEMBER 4, 2026 – NOVEMBER 25, 2026
Tabakalera, Donostia / San Sebastián
Eguneroko Ogia | Staple foods, place and identity
What do a loaf of bread and a maize tortilla have in common? This series of workshops explore staple foods as a way of understanding the relationships between food, territory, identity and migration.
SEPTEMBER 30, 2026 – DECEMBER 20, 2026
Our Sobremesa Residents
A glimpse of the residents joining Sobremesa residency season between October and December in our partner countries Greece, Portugal and Basque Country (Spain).
JUNE 17, 2026 – MAY 30, 2027
Sardinia, Italy
Atlas of Taste: Sobremesa meta-research in Sardinia, Italy
The island as a continent : a meta-research in Sardinia to rewrite geography through flavours.
JULY 11, 2026 – NOVEMBER 29, 2027
Harris Manchester College, Oxford
The Europeaum Scholar Programme: Sobremesa enters the realm of EU policy
Aishwarya Kumar joins the 2025-2026 cohort of Europaeum Scholars
Living Archive
Lingering at a time of delegated hospitality
What tensions arise between the security-oriented framing of European funding initiatives and the continued emphasis among cultural producers on cooperation, diversity, and social cohesion?
Published 2026-10-22
Upper Crust, Whose Taste Belongs?
How much does a Tosta Mista cost today? From being the low-cost street food to Lisbon “experience”, today the cost of a toast mirrors the city's gentrification patterns. An article on taste, lifestyle migration, and transnational gentrification in Lisbon.
Published 2026-10-14
A Technology of Staying
From kneading dough to sharing a meal, Andoni Munduate Dorronsoro shares how technology deals with embodied knowledge, gestures and social practices. Food Hack Lab lens is interested in how tools shape culture and how being together in a Sobremesa can become a form of making too.
Published 2026-10-08
The War Is Over. Good Manners Stole Our Dinner.
From longevity tourism to countercultural dinner rituals, Claudio Morelli explores how even our differences become standardised—and why the time we linger after a meal might still leave room for conflict, surprise and ways of being together that serve no purpose.
Published 2026-10-01
For Every Guest, Someone Stays Home
Who gets a seat at the table—and who keeps it standing? Drawing on life at Fix in Art, the author explores the exclusions behind cultural hospitality, the daily work of care, and what it takes to make a table truly shared.
Published 2026-10-01