GRONDSTOF

On Friday, June 6, the GRONDSTOF collective – organiser of a film, food, and discussion series - lands at De Studio
GRONDSTOF is an initiative of RICO, The Food Hub and GROF

In this edition, we reflect together on our consumption habits and the residual streams they create, on the value of the small and the everyday, on forgotten rural rituals and discovered meanings.

We will screen the film Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse by Agnès Varda. According to an old French law, everyone has the right to collect leftover crops or discarded goods for personal use or resale. Armed with a small camera, Agnès Varda travelled across France in search of this vibrant and eclectic group of “glaneurs.” Meet a Michelin-starred chef who forages for food, and artists who incorporate salvaged materials into their work. Discover gleaners in southern vineyards, northern potato fields, and right in the heart of cities like Paris. Some glean out of financial necessity, others for ethical, artistic, or ecological reasons. A remarkable film that invites reflection on our consumption habits—and on the value of the found.

Before, during, and after the film, you'll be served a delicious course. The chef for the evening is Isabelle van Lieshout: as a cook, baker, and artist, she is the perfect gleaner for this evening's menu. In all her creations and projects, the meaning of food and the full experience are central.

For the post-screening discussion, GRONDSTOF invites a colorful group of gatherers, foragers, and pickers to share their experiences, findings, and rituals.

More about Isabelle van Lieshout:

Isabelle creates an ode to the hands that cultivate the land and provide us with food. As a baker, cook, fermenter, and ceramic artist, she always works with, through, and alongside other hands. Her cooking, baking, and kneading are centered around community and ritualized processes, which are returned to the world through small gestures. During the film, expect a sensory homage to the hands that find and gather, to ingredients that are usually overlooked. Products that often end up as waste are here transformed into unexpected combinations and flavors. Isabelle cherishes the transformation of ingredients and materials, and the quiet rituals that connect us: with care for their origin and life cycle.