Presentation: Alice Héron, Martin Butler, I-Chen Zuffellato

Dinner of the Damned

Neo Futurist Dinner 16 – with Alice Héron and Martin Butler

18 Oct 2023
29 Oct 2023

Northern Europe is slowly entering the darker season. Some of us might fear a dreading winter depression and others prepare to hibernate or finding ways to escape. Are the end of the year festivities a nightmare for you too? Director Martin Butler, Artist/Chef Alice Héron, Performer I-Chen Zuffellato together with Mediamatic are inviting you to embrace melancholy, dive into darkness and discover internal peace. This theatrical dinner is inspired by gothic culture, gastronomical alchemy and bittersweet elixirs. 

✝ Dresscode: Black

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Dinner of the Damned team - Neo Futurist Dinner 'The Dinner of the Damned' is a Neo-Futurist Dinner created by director Martin Butler together with artist and chef Alice Héron. It revels in all things Gothic while delving deep into the depths of seasonal depression.   photo 2023 by Willem Velthoven for Mediamatic. Willem Velthoven

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The Menu

This 5-course vegan dinner combines traditional and unconventional knowledge, herbal wisdoms and remedies from all around the world. The Dinner of the Damned incorporates ingredients known for their mood-enhancing properties, and healing grieving rituals. Martin and Alice take you on a culinary path that will leave you fed, healed and transformed while connecting with your gothic soul.

The Artists

Martin Butler is an interdisciplinary artist, and stage director. His work has always bridged and combined various disciplines, dance, theatre, music, film, performance, new media, and fashion, and through this interdisciplinary approach his work explores the new dramatic that the combination of different genres facilitate. 

Alice Héron is a multidisciplinary artist and chef. She creates sensory food experiences, site specific environments, as well as visceral sculptures evoking a scary, but beautiful feeling of following intuition. Through different mediums Alice investigates how our bodies  care, sense and interact with one another.

I-Chen Zuffellato is a performer, curator and activist fascinated by reimagining the community. In her projects she explores the concept of body and identity, its alterations, as well as the very act of performing, its meaning and form and its impact on the public.

Earlier, Martin and Alice produced The Sin Eaters at Mediamatic in 2022.

Information

Neo Futurist Dinner 16: Dinner of the Damned
Wednesday 18 October – Sunday 29 October

First round:

Doors open: 17:15
Start diner: 17:30

Second round:

Doors open: 19:45
Start diner: 20:00

This is a timed event, it is important to be on time to have the best experience.

Tickets

Full Price: €69,-
Artist/Student/Stadspas discount*: €48,50

Alcoholic drink pairing: €30,-
Low-Alcoholic drink pairing: €25,-

Please read our ticket terms and conditions before booking.

Practicalities

All Neo Futurist Dinners are vegan. If you have questions or want to inform us about allergies, send an e-mail to neofuturistdinner@mediamatic.nl

*We offer a discount to students and artists. To qualify, we may ask you to show us your kvk nr/portfolio or student card at the door.

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18-10-2023 Deelnemers eten het 5-gangen diner over melancholie - Dinner of The Damned - Martin Butler, Alice Héron, I-Chen Zuffellato Regisseur Martin Butler, kunstenaar/kok Alice Héron, performer I-Chen onderzochten via een 5-gangen diner hoe we onze melancholie kunnen omarmen, de duisternis in kunnen duiken en innerlijke rust te ontdekken. Dit veganistische 5-gangendiner combineert traditionele en onconventionele kennis, kruidenwijsheden en remedies van over de hele wereld. The Dinner of the Damned' bevat ingrediënten die bekend staan om hun stemmingsverbeterende eigenschappen en helende rouwrituelen. Martin en Alice nemen… Justin Knelange

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Dinner of the Damned - 18 - 29 October 2023 Northern Europe is slowly entering the darker season. Some of us might fear a dreading winter depression and others prepare to hibernate or finding ways to escape. Are the end of the year festivities a nightmare for you too? Director Martin Butler, Artist/Chef Alice Héron, Performer I-Chen Zuffellato together with Mediamatic are inviting you to embrace melancholy, dive into darkness and discover internal peace. Justin Knelange

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Dinner of the Damned - 18 - 29 October 2023 Northern Europe is slowly entering the darker season. Some of us might fear a dreading winter depression and others prepare to hibernate or finding ways to escape. Are the end of the year festivities a nightmare for you too? Director Martin Butler, Artist/Chef Alice Héron, Performer I-Chen Zuffellato together with Mediamatic are inviting you to embrace melancholy, dive into darkness and discover internal peace. Justin Knelange

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black chips for Dinner of the Damned test dinner - 18 - 29 October 2023 Northern Europe is slowly entering the darker season. Some of us might fear a dreading winter depression and others prepare to hibernate or finding ways to escape. Are the end of the year festivities a nightmare for you too? Director Martin Butler, Artist/Chef Alice Héron, Performer I-Chen Zuffellato together with Mediamatic are inviting you to embrace melancholy, dive into darkness and discover internal peace.

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Dinner of the Damned - 18 - 29 October 2023 Northern Europe is slowly entering the darker season. Some of us might fear a dreading winter depression and others prepare to hibernate or finding ways to escape. Are the end of the year festivities a nightmare for you too? Director Martin Butler, Artist/Chef Alice Héron, Performer I-Chen Zuffellato together with Mediamatic are inviting you to embrace melancholy, dive into darkness and discover internal peace. Justin Knelange

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Dinner of the Damned test dinner - 18 - 29 October 2023 Northern Europe is slowly entering the darker season. Some of us might fear a dreading winter depression and others prepare to hibernate or finding ways to escape. Are the end of the year festivities a nightmare for you too? Director Martin Butler, Artist/Chef Alice Héron, Performer I-Chen Zuffellato together with Mediamatic are inviting you to embrace melancholy, dive into darkness and discover internal peace. Justin Knelange

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Dinner of the Damned - 18 - 29 October Northern Europe is slowly entering the darker season. Some of us might fear a dreading winter depression and others prepare to hibernate or finding ways to escape. Are the end of the year festivities a nightmare for you too? Director Martin Butler, Artist/Chef Alice Héron, Performer I-Chen Zuffellato together with Mediamatic are inviting you to embrace melancholy, dive into darkness and discover internal peace. Justin Knelange

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Dinner of the Damned - 18 - 29 October 2023 Northern Europe is slowly entering the darker season. Some of us might fear a dreading winter depression and others prepare to hibernate or finding ways to escape. Are the end of the year festivities a nightmare for you too? Director Martin Butler, Artist/Chef Alice Héron, Performer I-Chen Zuffellato together with Mediamatic are inviting you to embrace melancholy, dive into darkness and discover internal peace. Justin Knelange

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Dinner of the Damned - 18 - 29 October Northern Europe is slowly entering the darker season. Some of us might fear a dreading winter depression and others prepare to hibernate or finding ways to escape. Are the end of the year festivities a nightmare for you too? Director Martin Butler, Artist/Chef Alice Héron, Performer I-Chen Zuffellato together with Mediamatic are inviting you to embrace melancholy, dive into darkness and discover internal peace. Justin Knelange

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Attendants of Dinner of the Damned cheering on the dinner. - Northern Europe is slowly entering the darker season. Some of us might fear a dreading winter depression and others prepare to hibernate or finding ways to escape. Are the end of the year festivities a nightmare for you too? Director Martin Butler, Artist/Chef Alice Héron, Performer I-Chen Zuffellato together with Mediamatic are inviting you to embrace melancholy, dive into darkness and discover internal peace. Romy Kerkman

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I-chen tells a story about the next dish - Northern Europe is slowly entering the darker season. Some of us might fear a dreading winter depression and others prepare to hibernate or finding ways to escape. Are the end of the year festivities a nightmare for you too? Director Martin Butler, Artist/Chef Alice Héron, Performer I-Chen Zuffellato together with Mediamatic are inviting you to embrace melancholy, dive into darkness and discover internal peace. Romy Kerkman

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The fourth dish is being served - Northern Europe is slowly entering the darker season. Some of us might fear a dreading winter depression and others prepare to hibernate or finding ways to escape. Are the end of the year festivities a nightmare for you too? Director Martin Butler, Artist/Chef Alice Héron, Performer I-Chen Zuffellato together with Mediamatic are inviting you to embrace melancholy, dive into darkness and discover internal peace. Romy Kerkman