(telluric convivialities)performance meal, 2019
Paris-Madras-Cayenne is a performance meal in wich I invite five people to enter a fully hand made space to share with me three dishes : a “french” curry, an “indian” curry and a guyanese colombo.
Thus doing, we consume together a little piece of french history : the engagisme trade, where south indian worker where sign up and transported to french colonies in order to provide a low cost labour force after the abolition of french slavery. The women and man who embarqued for this journey brougth with them herbes, seeds, spices and recipes and contributed to the many transformation of the french empire culinary landscape.
Paris-Madras-Cayenne : The environment
(Compass rose stool) and Tabouret des conventions cartographiques (Cartographic conventions stool.
Underglazed decor on electric-fired stoneware, 2019
Credits photo : Alejandra Riera, Jenny Mary