APPENDIKS 13 / La Loko

On Saturday, the 7th of May La Loko will open its Esperanto food place, OVO, at Apendiks in Copenhagen. Opening reception Saturday 7. May from 14-17.

OVO will be open 7.May through 11. June 2005.

Business hours Tuesday-Saturday 11-17.

La Loko was started in 2003 by Olof Olsson and Daniel Salomon. All their activities use the international language Esperanto as starting point. They work within the fields of architecture, art, broadcasting, drama, design, gastronomy, fashion, film, hospitality, marketing, music, video, writing, and more.

For OVO, which in Esperanto means egg, La Loko is interested in the idea of mixing the market oriented concept of fast food with the utopian idea of Esperanto.

From the fast food culture they borrow the concept of self-service, the strong visual identity, and the idea of a chain potentially present all over the world. Dark brown, caribic blue and white are the 3 colours consistently used in the restaurant and in the uniforms, which have been designed by Hamayun Butt. The menu is straightforward and the attendance takes place at the counter.

But at OVO La Loko wants to try out the Esperanto way of doing things. Like Esperanto, the food is simple and straightforward. And OVO is a cosy place where one can hang out, and if one feels like it, have a conversation with the attendants. In Esperanto La Loko simply calls it 'mangxejo' - a food place.

OVO has been supported by a grant from the Kunststyrelsens udvalg for Billedkunst, and has been produced at Statens Værksteder for Kunst og Kunsthåndverk Gammel Dok.

www.laloko.org

lalokolaloko.org

+45 41 10 20 26 (Olof)

+45 30 27 93 27 (Daniel)

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Please note that our new address is / APPENDIKS, H.C. Ørstedsvej 66 st. th, 1879 Frederiksberg, DENMARK.