Text by Meivy Andriani Cover image by Fajar Riyanto and Bakudapan Last month, Bakudapan Food Study Group organized a two-part focus discussion group session entitled, “On Food Resistance and Utopias”. This relates to Bakudapan’s work, currently exhibited in Selasar Sunaryo as a part of the Turning of the Fifth Age […]
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Chinese Tomato and Egg (Xihongshi Chaojidan) Recipe
By Billie Tang Illustration by Shilfina Putri I work as a curator in Rockbund Art Museum, a non-profit institution based in the Shanghai. I thought maybe to share a few of recipes. There just from experience and different situations of living under lockdown here. I’ll try to keep it simple […]
Foodemic : A Platform To Share your Stories and Recipes During Pandemic
No one expected how 2020 is turning out to be. Plans were made for this upcoming year, but almost everything can’t seem to be done due to Covid-19. The emergence of this pandemic is a disaster of its own for employment and income, especially for freelancers, temporary workers, day laborers […]
The Grilling of a Meaty Masculinity
Shilfina Putri Widatama That sizzling sound of masculinity, can you hear it? It comes from somewhere between the cooking of bloody red meat and its juicy marbling fat. It is becoming, just like how black crisps are spreading all over the meaty surface. And it is present, the moment they […]
Mapping Food Politics in Indonesia, Part II
By Huiying Ng, part ofTANAH (SG) Post Salon, Mapping process The mapping process evolved through the first Salon held at Lifepatch, withTANAH and Bakudapan. It was mentored by Ita Fatia Nadia (Bu Ita), a leading feminist scholar. The mapping process took place in three sessions over the week following the Salon […]
Food at the End of the World, Part I
By Michelle Lai, Part of TANAH (SG) Food at the End of the World is a collaboration project between Bakudapan Food Study Group withTANAH, to discuss about politics of food in Indonesia. This project started in January 2018, with support from soft/WALL/studs and Cemeti Institute for Art and Society. Ideas […]