Kitchen Women Nation is an reenactment of the kitchen of Rumah Lifepatch, the place where I spent most of my time during the residency in Yogyakarta. The Replica served as a media kitchen for live cooking as well as a display for two videos produced in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Hospitality has similarities to a gift or barter. It is a code that functions as an alternative to a capitalist society and, beyond cultural mentality, is defined differently from household to household. In the clash of different cultures, hospitality is the one that carefully tries to build connections. Hospitality is always about giving and taking; one is careful not to hurt the other by giving or taking too much. As an unwritten cultural code of conduct, its rules are intuitive rather than theoretical.
Text excerpt: Maya Minder in conversation with Eva-Maria Knüsel, June 2018, Sozial Fermentation, Publication: Kunsthaus Langenthal
Video title:
Fermenting Wild - Culture and Taste in Indonesia
Credits: Gasthaus: Fermentation and Bacteria, Hackteria.org,
Lifepatch.org, Videography: Nopel Basuki
Lintang Panglipuran - Lucid Star, friendly lended by Rumah Warung, Lifepatch.
Friendly Supported by:
Kunsthaus Langenthal,
Pro Helvetia and
Lifepatch.org
This work was created as a part of the research "Food - Liveliness in our Commons". Resideny at Lifepatch - Citzien Science and Art Initiative during Mai - August 2018, Yogyakarta, Indonesien.
