Exposition name:PHARMAKON: PSYCHOTROPICAL COCKTAILS Location: Nina Menocal Gallery, Arafura’s Garden, IMSS Restaurant. In collaboration with: Chef Ramses Manek Date: 2021 – 2022
Description: The Psychotropical Cocktails project unfolded across several key venues in Mexico City throughout 2021, merging artistic experimentation with botanical rituals. At Arafura’s Garden in July, as part of a curatorial residency program, preparations began with cocktails and foods infused with psychotropical plants grown onsite. Later, in November, the project took form within the exhibition Nuevo Verdor at Nina Menocal Gallery, featuring signature drinks such as Cuba Libre (lulo and coca leaf with rum and soda), Blue Hummingbird – Huitzilopochtli (tequila with psilocybin mushrooms from San Isidro), and No Fear (pericón and mezcal with damiana and orange juice). Earlier in April, in collaboration with chef Ramses Manek, the experience also extended to a one-night event at IMSS Restaurant, where a curated menu of entheogenic recipes and psychotropical cocktails further explored the intersection of taste, plants, and expanded states of perception.
Cocktails Menu:
– Cuba libre: Lulo and coca leafs with Rum and soda. – Blue hummingbird Huitzilopochtli: Tequila and Psilocibe Mushrooms, San isidro . – No fear: Pericón and mezcal with damiana and orange juice.
