{"id":20972,"date":"2026-10-01T15:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T13:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/?p=20972"},"modified":"2026-11-05T15:32:41","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T14:32:41","slug":"le-ventre-de-la-ville-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/en\/2026\/10\/01\/le-ventre-de-la-ville-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The\u00a0Belly\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0City.\u00a0Architecture\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Foodscape"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Behind every meal lies a vast infrastructure: farmland, markets, shops, warehouses, transport networks, food safety regulations, borders and distribution systems. These mechanisms often remain invisible, yet they profoundly shape the architecture of cities, their public spaces and the everyday lives of their inhabitants.<\/p>\n

Presented in Brussels throughout October 2026<\/strong>, The Belly of the City. Architecture of the Foodscape<\/em> is an artistic, architectural and research project dedicated to exploring this \u201cfoodscape\u201d. It examines how food is produced, transported, sold, consumed and discarded, as well as the economic, social and political relationships that develop around it.<\/p>\n

The project addresses issues such as the disappearance of small shops and markets, the development of urban agriculture, short food supply chains, food waste, the standardisation of food and access to local, high-quality produce.<\/p>\n

Rather than bringing all the artworks together in a traditional exhibition space, The Belly of the City<\/em><\/strong> unfolds across several neighbourhoods of Brussels. Grocery stores, a market, a public square, a delivery van, an independent venue and a faculty of architecture become stops along a city-wide exhibition route. The artworks are thus presented in the very places where food circulates, is sold, processed and consumed.<\/p>\n

The project brings together three complementary components:<\/p>\n