Temporary
exhibit until
March 2027
Dineum is a unique pop-up museum using edible art as an immersive medium
Embark on a multisensory experience with performance artists that makes you think — with your tongue, too
A unique evening out for those looking for something truly new.
Experience the evening exhibition
'The Life of Food'
— open now for a limited time.
"The Life of Food" immerses you. It pulls you out of the ordinary. And takes you to new, strange places. Some seem familiar. Others are completely strange. All contain an edible part.
Frequently asked questions
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What to expect during your visit to Dineum:
"The Life of Food" immerses you. It pulls you out of the ordinary. And takes you to new, strange places. Some seem familiar. Others are completely strange. All contain an edible part.
You move and take your place within each subsequent artwork
Move from one immersive artwork to the next, each telling a distinct narrative. Performance artists will be on hand to serve you your part.
The artwork lies in the experience of consumption itself
This art is not merely pretty to look at and coincidentally made of edible material. You truly can only experience these works by eating them; a new, unique art form that stimulates all senses. Because to create the context around the part that lands in your mouth, large installation artworks have been built where you take your place each time.
This offers a complete evening that is as fulfilling as it is filling.
urated to be as substantial as a complete dinner, the evening exhibition 'The Life of Food' unfolds in multiple 'courses' — delivering a stimulating and daring sensory experience, without being a traditional dinner out.
You Support Cultural Entrepreneurship
By visiting Dineum, you contribute to the creation of unique, extraordinary experiences. Dineum is an initiative by Studio ÉCHT, aiming to spark positive reflection through this experience. For various practical reasons, edible art does not fit into a conventional museum. That is why Dineum was established — to make this art form possible and share it with the world. Dineum embraces cultural entrepreneurship and operates completely independently of subsidies and grants. Studio ÉCHT believes in creating far-reaching experiences that are financially self-sustaining.
An extraordinary experience that lingers long after you leave
This experience will provoke thought. You become part of the art itself, and the experience literally becomes part of you. Everyone interprets the artworks in their own unique way. Throughout the evening, a variety of performance artists are there to facilitate your personal journey.
Dineum: A pop-up museum for immersive art experiences you can only fully experience by eating!
At Dineum, you become part of the art itself, and the experience literally becomes part of you. You don't just experience the installation artworks in Dineum by stepping inside and looking at them: you will also eat parts of them. In a conventional museum, visitors look at the same unchanged artwork time and time again.
Edible artworks, where the art experience consists of the act of eating itself, do not fit into a conventional museum for that reason. After all, once eaten, part of an edible artwork is gone and cannot be consumed again by the next visitor. In addition, visitors also need room in their stomachs to experience this form of art.
That is why Dineum works somewhat like a restaurant, yet remains distinctly different.
The edible portions are prepared and continually replenished for each new group of visitors. Performance artists ensure everyone receives their own 'portion'. Throughout the evening, you move from artwork to artwork. Together, the pieces in this edible art tour form a kind of 'dinner' consisting of multiple 'courses'. The tour is curated so that the artworks collectively are just as filling as a full dinner, without it feeling like traditional dining out. And in what other museum does something edible grow right on your plate for you to experience?
Only until spring 2027
World's first evening exposition for edible immersive art
'The Life of Food'
by Food Artist Charly & Studio ÉCHT
Avond-expositie: The life of food
3 april tot 27 juni 2026
De eetbare avond-expositie 'The Life of Food' neemt je in een multizintuigelijke ervaring mee op reis. Er ontstaat een onuitgesproken dialoog tussen de bezoeker en het werk dat juist verbinding zoekt door met vervreemding te spelen.
Food Artist Charly (Studio ÉCHT) onderzoekt met deze reeks kunstervaringen de banaliteit van onze voeding in een wereld die zichzelf lijkt kwijt te raken in een eigen hoogmoedigheid.
Vijf jaar lang is er gebouwd aan deze reeks immersieve installatie-kunstwerken. Charly koos daarbij bewust om een beleving te creëren die zich op het grensvlak bevind van kunst, entertainment en gastronomie. Een eetervaring is namelijk niet alleen afhankelijk van wat men kan proeven, ruiken en voelen. Het is de volledige context die een eetervaring maakt tot wat hij is. Charly heeft deze context zorgvuldig ontworpen in een totaalconcept, waar men in groepen van maximaal 8 personen naar binnen treedt.
Elk kunstwerk gaat hierbij een eigen dialoog aan met de bezoeker, welke door het eetbare deel wordt gecompleteerd. Maar het gaat niet alleen om proeven of zien: de materialen zijn zorgvuldig gekozen; de warmte van de stoffen, de vibraties die doorklinken in het metaal, het abstracte gevoel van een nèt niet hard oppervlak. Alles is meeontworpen, waaronder de interactie met het kunstwerk door de bezoekers zelf. Zo ontstaat een beleving die werkelijk alleen in het echt te beleven is en die zich niet laat vangen door opgenomen beeld, hoe zorgvuldig ook gekozen.
Charly: ''Mensen worden vaak vereenvoudigd tot een stel hersenen met ogen en oren. We vergeten dat iets meemaken en écht ervaren meer is dan alleen informatie tot ons te nemen; zowel visueel als auditief. Ik poog met deze werken geen informatie over te brengen, anders had ik kunnen vertèllen wat ik wil zeggen. Maar de beleving die ik heb willen maken is zowel persoonlijk, als ongrijpbaar voor het geschreven woord.''
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Beginning of food
Groeiend leven
Zwarte molton | PU schuim | LED licht | Tomaat | Kippengaas | Gefermenteerde haver
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Production of food
Voldoening
Gegalvaniseerd staal | PVC | TikTok | TL licht | Reststromen | Appeldrank
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Eating of food
Tartaar
Paddestoelen | Knolselderij | Saus van gist | Sous vide gegaarde bataat | Cresson | Gezouten caramelkrokant | Gefermenteerde kokos | Haricot verts
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End of food
Calorievrij
Stappermotor | Koolstof | Grijze slof | Banaan | Haver | Witte stof
