Adria, Cirque du Soleil founder, Takashi Murakami fuse art and cuisine in Ibiza
Heart is not just a restaurant - it's an explosion of taste, colour and sound designed to delight all the senses
Take top Spanish chefs Ferran and Albert Adria, the founder of circus troupe Cirque du Soleil, Guy Laliberte, and Japan’s foremost pop artist, Takashi Murakami, and mix them all on Spain’s Mediterranean party island of Ibiza.
The result is Heart - an explosion of taste, colour and sound designed to delight all the senses.
“This is not a restaurant, this is a dream turned into reality, a dream of many people. We have sound technicians, image technicians, makeup artists, wardrobe masters,” said Albert Adria during a preview party at the luxury hotel where the event opened on Tuesday and will run until September.
Around him a group of hooded youths performed urban dance routines as a DJ spun tunes and guests munched on Peruvian, Mexican, Japanese and Thai fusion cuisine surrounded by sculptures and video installations.
“It is a very bold project which combines three things that normally don’t mix: cuisine and art with entertainment,” said Laliberte, a former stilt-walker and fire-eater.
“It is totally different from Cirque du Soleil, it is more in the spirit of Ibiza,” added the 55-year-old, whose circus troupe and its whimsical plots have toured all over the world.