At the Diaspora Dumpling Potluck + Archiving Party, eight participants shared the edible results of their exploration of the richness of food as medium.

Each guest chef was challenged to invent, prepare, and share their very own diaspora dumpling, defined as “an inventive, cross-cultural food item made to be eaten in multiples—necessarily composed of a mixed filling that is wrapped in dough before being cooked. An edible medium for sharing who you are and where you come from.”

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food, sculpture, diaspora, participatory, social practice, houston

Makroudh
Work In Progress
2023-ongoing

A recipe- and pattern-based project centering the traditionally hand-pressed Tunisian pastry مقروض (makroudh).

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food, sculpture, diaspora, pattern 

Diaspora Dumplings
Work in Progress
2021-ongoing

Collaborative series diving into personal and familial histories through conversation, food, and joyful connection. Research, experimentation, storytelling, recipes, photos, and a glossary explore the nuances of home, belonging, and representation.

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food, collab, photography, text, online, research, diaspora

Haya Bismillah
2020

︎︎︎A dialogical text discussing the value of food beyond physical nourishment, written for El Warcha Collaborative Design Studio.

The sharing of bread remains a practice of meal as ritual, one that grows and sustains our social bond. No one eats alone.

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elwarcha, food, text, collab, language, tunis, social practice


︎︎︎El Warcha blog

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2015

In this interactive tableau-installation, exhibition visitors unknowingly participate in a welcoming party that celebrates the artist finally being recognized as a proven, deserving member of an imagined ethnoculturalstate.

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food, participatory, installation, printmaking, diaspora