The impulse lectures were framed by literary tidbits from the "improvisionaries", who staged texts by Hans Dominik, Lisa-Marie Reuter or Augustina Bazterrica, who drew the future of food with words from their own time with very different premises.
The brave among the guests could embark on a culinary voyage of discovery on the forecourt of the museum, where they had the opportunity to experience the taste of the future with a selection of "Future Food" tapas: From Algae Gazpacho to Mealworm Crepes.
About food4future
The research project "food4future - food of the future" deals with radical innovations for a sustainable food supply of the future. Ten partner institutions from science and industry, led by Prof. Monika Schreiner from the Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ), are working on the question of how future generations can be supplied with sufficient healthy food and which technologies are necessary to achieve this. Based on two extreme scenarios ("no land", "no trade"), flexible indoor cultivation systems for the urban production of alternative food sources - macroalgae, salt plants, jellyfish and crickets - are being developed. The collaborative project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as part of the "Agricultural Systems of the Future" funding line with around 6 million euros.
About the Futurium
The Futurium is a house of futures. Here, everything revolves around the question: How do we want to live? Visitors can discover many possible futures in the exhibition, discuss them together in the forum and try out their own ideas in the Futurium Lab. We already know today: In the future, we will have to overcome major challenges. How can we get a grip on climate change? Which technologies do we want to use in the future? Does technology serve us - or do we serve it? How do we want to live together as a society - are there alternatives to "higher-faster-further"? The future is also created by our decisions and actions in the present. The Futurium, which will open in September 2019, would therefore like to encourage all visitors to engage with the future and help shape it.