Aerobanquets RMX — a multi-layered culinary expertise that mixes combined actuality, artwork, and meals — is touchdown in Miami for the very first time. It runs in the present day, Monday, November 28 via Sunday, December 4, coinciding with Miami Art Week.
In the phrases of the activation’s creator, Italian interdisciplinary artist Mattia Casalegno, it’s all about one thing new. “This is a completely new way of dining, by mixing theater, new media and, yes, food,” he tells New Times. “As with any form of art, you need to be open and receptive. And with that, we’ve had people ages eight to eighty really enjoy this.”
Originally concocted by Casalegno in 2017, Aerobanquets RMX has thus far appeared in choose markets together with South Korea, China, and New York City. Casalegno says Aerobanquets RMX has developed and Miami will mark its largest set up to date. The set up is occurring thanks partly to a partnership with Meta Open Arts, which has helped Casalegno replace his immersive art work with the most recent VR tech.
Core to the expertise, company put on a Meta Quest 2 VR headset throughout the dine, with a narrated culinary voyage by Gail Simmons. While taking in scenes and sensory experiences impressed by The Futurist Cookbook, diners style morsels from a personalized menu from James Beard Award-winning chef Chintan Pandya.
The “Falooda on Ice,” comprised of vermicelli, basil seeds, and ice cream
Aerobanquets RMX photograph
Groups of as much as 16 company enter the area and periods final 30 to 60 minutes. According to Mattia and as a part of the enjoyable, diners aren’t informed the complete slate of what they’ll be consuming upon entry, although they will go a vegan route if desired.
Among the expertise’s prior dishes are a “mousse of roasted hopes” that evokes quirky emotions of the primary time you bit your lip and a tart creation that resembles the whistle of wind via a door lock. Throughout, there’s a customized soundtrack by digital composer Martux M.
“Here in Miami, we have art being presented in so many ways and, of course, we have an excellent dining world, too,” Kathleen Forde, senior curator at Superblue, tells New Times. “With everything we’ve done and presented to date, it’s been about shared experiences in a physical space. This is very much a new twist as we create even more event-driven experiences.”
As for what could also be past Miami for Aerobanquets RMX, Casalegno says, “From here, I see headsets getting smaller in the future and new social experiments and experiences being woven in. It will keep evolving.”
Aerobanquets RMX by Mattia Casalegno. Monday, November 28 via Sunday, December 4 at Superblue Miami, 1101 NW twenty third St., Miami; 786-697-3414; superblue.com/aero. Tickets value $58 for bookings between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. and $200 for bookings between 7 and 11 p.m.