The aim of the NEXUS Collective is to provide an open platform for young creatives from diverse disciplines to connect and learn from one another. Through transdisciplinary collaboration, both on individual projects and long-term initiatives, a wide variety of projects can emerge. As a collective, we continuously learn and evolve through our exchange with each other.
This website is developing organically into a living archive and a space for sharing ideas and creative impulses. With a transdisciplinary and holistic approach, it seeks to provide diverse insights into key cultural, social, and ecological issues of our time, and to spark unexpected connections between topics, ideas, and practices.
Basel/Zurich 2024
(1) Nexus comes from Latin and means: connection, link, intertwining, to bind together, network.
Food. It sustains our lives, providing energy to our bodies. Yet its significance goes far beyond mere survival. Food shapes our emotions, evokes memories, and plays a central role in shaping our sense of belonging. It raises deeper questions—about our health, our connection to the environment, and how we nourish both body and soul. However, for many, food also becomes a source of tension, marked by complex connections between identity, culture, and personal challenges.
Please, mind the Gap is an interactive gathering that explores the alienation of humans from their food and from each other. In a culture increasingly shaped by individualism and neoliberal values, communal rituals and interpersonal closeness seem to be fading. Food, though historically intended as a social experience, is often consumed anonymously and functionally. Through unfamiliar foods and symbolic actions, "Please, mind the Gap" invites participants to de and re-construct their personal relationship with food. Participants are confronted with tastes and rituals that challenge their comfort zones and sensitize their perceptions.
With Please, mind the Gap we aim not only to highlight the complex relationships between identity, culture, and nutrition but also to create a platform that fosters community and exchange.
Stéphanie Binet, Mira Mercan, Fabienne Schoch, Nina Šikić