Irina want to invite all of the school’s teachers, students and staff to a communal meal. After discussions with Professor Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, they agreed on a chronological concept – 400 years, from the founding of the school in 1773 to its quadricentennial in 2173. With this dinner, the school not only celebrated its past, but also explored the future of food, lifestyle and culture. The past and the future were intertwined.

In the texture of Eastern civilization, culinary culture flows as a millennium-old spiritual bloodstream. Yang Liuxizi, drawing inspiration from Chinese Painting 《The Night Revels of Han Xizai》, weaves the earthly vitality into the elongated feast traditions of European courts. As the sprawling academic corridors transform into a cultural scroll spanning Eurasia, celadon cups and silver candlesticks resonate within temporal folds. This nine-century-spanning symposium transcends mere gastronomic pilgrimage – in the crevices of the post-pandemic era, it uses culinary vapors to smooth the wrinkles of souls. Under enamel-textured moonlight, the Eastern “Zen of dining” and Western “Sacramental feast” engage in a cross-temporal dialogue, healing civilization’s nostalgia through cultural communion.

杨柳西子希望邀请学校的全体员工和师生共进晚餐。在与多米尼克-冈萨雷斯-福尔斯特教授讨论后，她们商定了一个时间概念–从 1773 年建校到 2173 年建校四百周年。通过这次晚宴，学校不仅庆祝了自己的过去，还探索了饮食、生活方式和文化的未来。过去和未来通过共同的晚餐交织在一起。

在东方文明的肌理中，饮食文化是流淌千年的精神血脉。她以中国绘画《韩熙载夜宴图》为灵感脉络，将人间烟火编织进欧洲宫廷的长宴传统。当绵延的学府廊道幻化为横跨欧亚的文明长卷，青瓷盏与银烛台在时空褶皱里交响。这场穿越九个世纪的飨宴，不仅是味蕾的朝圣之旅，更是在后疫情时代的裂隙中，用炊烟熨平灵魂的褶皱——让东方的”食事禅”与西方的”圣餐礼”在珐琅质地的月光下，完成一场治愈文明乡愁的跨时空对话。