PLAT DU JOUR [a culinary action] was presented in Palo Alto in November 2018 as an interdisciplinary dialogue between an artist, a writer and a chef that explored the realities and mythologies of home and female identity through rituals of food prep…

PLAT DU JOUR [a culinary action] was presented as an interdisciplinary dialogue between an artist, a writer and a chef that explored the realities and mythologies of home and female identity through rituals of food preparation and consumption. Food in this occasion, is embedded in homemaking but is also the means to creating shared social experiences.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s book “THE HOME - it’s work and influence” published in 1903, serves as a point of departure for this project that examines the dynamics formed within the domestic spaces as perceived by what is predominately a female homemaker. The multimedia exhibit includes video, artists’s books, prints, live readings, cooking, an edible book and food sculptures and is centered around a communal dinner experience.

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