Anne Diestelkamp
cultural programmer, artistic researcher/ editor and translator
Culinary Intervention
Paula Erstmann
Trinkpavillon Bad-Godesberg, Bonn, Germany
As part of VIDEONALE.20 – Festival for video and time-based arts
2025
Since 1969, the Trinkpavillon in Bonn-Bad Godesberg has been serving healing water from the Kurfürstenquelle. On the opening weekend of VIDEONALE.20, artist Paula Erstmann invited guests to a communal dinner on the pavilion terrace, offering everything from a healing water aperitif to locally foraged wild herb pestos.
Paula Erstmann works primarily with food as an artistic medium. Her performances, menus, and edible installations explore the social and cultural contexts of the ingredients she uses, functioning as artistic research at the intersection of art and everyday life. The Berlin-based artist’s culinary practice opens both sensory and social spaces. Through her work and the act of shared dining, she dissolves distance and creates a space for dialogue.
📷 Jo Hempel