In 2017 artist Koen Vanmechelen created a café as a continuously evolving living art work. A 19 century building on the Groenmarkt of Sint-Truiden, where in January 2016 the first chicken from Koen Vanmechelen's Planetary Community Chicken project saw the light of day, now houses ‘the staminee of the future’. A collaboration between artist Koen Vanmechelen and entrepreneurs Ben Elen and Pascal Vossius.

 

The cosmocafé illustrates the need for diversity and multiculturalism through the work of Vanmechelen. As a visitor, you literally become a part of his art through the “art of food/food of art concept”. The crosspollination between individuals makes the world a better place. Because enjoyable get-togethers in the microcosm of the cosmocafé make the cosmos a whole lot better.

 

The cosmocafé straddles local and global. It is a small café, but it has its eyes on the world. It is an authentic city café, an innovative catering business, and a living work of art.  The cosmocafé wants to stimulate conversations. A place where you can not only meet people, but actually join in the conversation. Where words and ideas are formed.

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For each Euro you spend in the cosmocafé, part goes to the MOUTH Foundation, a non-profit organisation that supports and implements Koen Vanmechelen's various social and scientific projects.

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Learn more on the cosmocafe website

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