The Last Drop · A Collective Artwork
Every matcha ends with one last drop. At What Remains, visitors let it fall onto a single canvas, and over four weeks their traces gather into one collective artwork that changes colour with time. Conceived by Valeria Viollaz for The mep, Lucerne, 7 November – 2 December 2026.
What a Bowl Holds · MTCH, Song Wat, Bangkok
I went for the roofline, not the menu. A gabled roof interrupts a soi of cut wires and concrete; inside, a paper-clad cabin nests within the room, a kakejiku holds its own quiet time, and matcha is whisked to a fine green foam. Architecture led the visit — the bowl simply proved the room had been right all along.
The Conscious Living · Japan
A curated journey through Japan by Valeria Viollaz — from the silence of CYCL Sauna at the foot of Mount Fuji to the ten-generation craft of Kondaya Genbei in Kyoto and the sacred stillness of Ise Jingu. An editorial meditation on conscious living, told through the places and makers that embody it.