Focal Point
The runner up was the Aarhus Community Kitchen which the audience this morning decided to crowd-fund to support. Our goal is €1,300 and Burning Man Project is donating too! If you’d like to donate- 100% of funds will go to the project.
Our mission is to transform a local square formerly known as the ugliest square in Aarhus to a nice place where people want to meet up and socialize with others, across the usual social and ethnic borders.
Until recently, the place was characterized by a dilapidated abandoned old gas station, the area was marked by insecurity and crime. The site therefore did not call for spontaneous or planned community activities between local citizens. Today we have two cosy small houses inviting people inside to socialize. At the moment we are building a stage and a railing around the square. The railing has several activities incorporated in it, one being a play kitchen for children. We are applying for this ignition grant because we want to build an outdoor kitchen for all ages as well. Our mission with this is to utilize food culture as a way to bring people together across generations as well as ethnic and social groups in our local community. In this outdoor kitchen we plan to build an open fireplace or brazier, to use for cooking as well as burning borders between diverse people.