CHRIS FREMANTLE

London 2026: Recipes for building a Food Capital at the Roca Gallery.

Lucked out to be able to join a tour by the curators from Department 22 (Clare Brass and Dejan Mitrovic).

Varied and interesting collection of architecture and design proposals. All are more or less real now but the conceit is that they need to be more real in 2026 when London’s population hits 10 million.

Symbiosis is a key theme, along with making food processes visible.

Interesting how energy bars are the cutting edge of experimenting: as evidence of the reality of the proposals we were offered both insect protein and algae based commercial products…

Also Joan Snyder’s Rosebuds and Rivers at Blain Southern