Mouthlevel Episode 1 - Exploring Culture, Tradition, and Home Through Ritual.

Mouthlevel

For this talk, the two artists will be discussing themes around culture, tradition and home through ritual. Participants are encouraged to bring in their comfort foods, as a potluck where audience members can share food traditions that are tied to family, community and ancestry. Cinthia will be making patacones (Latin American plantain dish), while talking about how the cooking of them is a ritual that can bring comfort, familiarity and the feeling of home. She wants to share the making of them as a way to share her family history, while talking about her art practice. rudi will be making lakalet, a traditional indigenous fry bread. rudi is interested in how the ritual of making food can bring people together and how it translates to sharing and comfort, stemming from tradition through their family, their community and their ancestors.