A 40 m² edible painting of pastry, chocolate, cream, flowers and microgreens, made live on stage to improvised piano and voice, then shared with some 1,500 guests.
For the Zurheide Gourmet Festival in Düsseldorf, Vervool created a large-scale edible performance for an audience of 1,500 people. The project began with the question of whether Vervool could create a world record: a 40 m² pastry painting, made live on stage during the festival. Across a table of 10 meters by 4 meters, Ted Steinebach painted with chocolate ganache, creams, gels, cakes, flowers, herbs, microgreens, and edible glass, supported by the Zurheide pastry team. Vivienne Aerts created the musical world together with German pianist Florian Weber, combining voice, electronics, samples, and piano into an improvised soundscape that responded to the movement, rhythm, and scale of the edible artwork. After a 90-minute performance, the completed work was shared with the audience. The result was one of Vervool’s largest public experiences: a monumental edible painting where food, music, craft, spectacle, and audience participation came together on a festival scale. Read the blog.