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The Root Food Project

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Presentation History: 

  • Trico Changemakers Art for Social Change Showcase (Calgary,AB) September 2024

  • The Alex Community Food Centre (Calgary, AB) June 2024

  • Simon Fraser Uniersity MFA Spring Show (Vancouer, BC) April 2023

 

The Root Food Project was a participatory art project designed to explore food systems through personal and cultural connections to food. Participants joined me at a kitchen table to collaboratively prepare caldo verde, a traditional Portuguese kale soup, while sharing stories prompted by the question, “What is your root food?” Stories naturally unfolded around cultural roots, familial roots, and root vegetables, blending personal narratives with culinary traditions. Using community engagement as its core methodology, the project created an inclusive space for dialogue through the familiar act of cooking, transforming individual stories into a shared performance.

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