🌸点風ガストロノミー・アートラボ Tenpu Gastronomy Art Lab🌸
The “Tenpu Gastronomy Art Lab” is a unique organization that blends two distinct fields: Braille Digital Art and gastronomy.
By combining the rich experiences we’ve cultivated through food with the tactile expression of Braille Digital Art, we create a multi-sensory world that anyone can enjoy, regardless of sight.
This project goes beyond just art or food; it aims to be a new form of communication that connects people to each other and to culture.
Business activities
１．Research into Tabletop Synesthesia
Mission of the Gastronomy Art Lab
- Purpose:
- We explore how the taste and aroma of food can be converted into tactile, visual, and auditory sensations.
- We will establish a new methodology for expressing the experience of gastronomy as art.
- It’s a research hub that explores the intersections of art, cuisine, science, and social diversity.
- Main Activities:
- Holding regular research sessions where artists, culinary researchers, engineers, and visually impaired individuals gather.
- Creation and exhibition of Braille Digital Art centered on the theme of “food.”
- Publishing research findings (in papers, books, lectures, etc.).
２．Multi-Sensory Dining – Events and Workshops
- A Universal Dining Experience for All Five Senses
- Purpose:
- To provide a space where everyone, regardless of sight, can experience the richness of food.
- To encourage participants to rediscover their own senses and gain new insights.
- Main Events:
- “Blind Gastronomy”:
- An experiential event where participants wear blindfolds and taste dishes guided by a Braille menu and tactile art.
- We will add sound and scent to the experience so that participants can fully experience the story of the dish with all five senses.
- “The Story of Food” Art Exhibition:
- Exhibiting dishes developed in our lab as Braille Digital Art pieces.
- Visitors will experience the art from multiple perspectives by touching the works, listening to their sounds, and actually tasting the dishes.
- “Blind Gastronomy”:
３．Communication Tool Development
- A “Tactile” Medium to Enrich the Dining Table
- Purpose:
- We develop tools that deepen conversations at the dinner table and enable more inclusive communication.
- Main Activities:
- Tactile Recipe Book
- We are developing a digital recipe platform that anyone can use, combining Braille, tactile diagrams, and audio guides.
- More literal and direct
- We incorporate tactile art that expresses the concept of a dish and its ingredients onto plates and placemats, encouraging new conversations among participants.
- Tactile Recipe Book
About Us
- Tenpu Gastronomy Art Lab:
- We are a group dedicated to exploring the food culture of Himeji and creating new culinary experiences. We continue our gastronomic pursuits through a monthly culinary research meeting. This activity was formerly known as the “Himeji Gourmet Club TATA.”
- Tenpu Art Institute / Tenpu En Plein Air Art Club / Yatara Haiku Circle:
- We will introduce the activities of each field that constitutes Braille Digital Art production. Through collaboration with these activities, we will deepen the fusion of art and food.
Inquiries
Research Project Schedule
1st Braille Digital Art Workshop