MEMORIES OF FOOD
A collaboration between Videocity x Next Door Records and Bush Hall
21.10. – 4.11.2021, daily
304-306 Uxbridge Road, W12 7LJ
When we share food, we share intimate moments. Our physical movements share unspoken languages and our memories are renewed through touch, taste and smell. Past events and fractured spaces appear before us again as ghosts, sometimes welcoming, sometimes not. These earlier experiences are not literally present in the current, but linger in the warmth of a reoccurring smell of the texture of a juicy fruit. When we consume food, our virtual affects, our expectations, our imagination and fantasies contribute affectively. They shape the present event, be that a memory of off-milk souring the expectations of a hot chocolate, or the process of making jam bringing back childhood. Memories are more powerful in food choices than rational reason.
Artists: Nia Fekri, Apolo Wilson, Ruth Maclennan, Paul Birchall, Laure Prouvost, Gyonyoung Yoon, Kollektiv Wir.
The exhibition was accompanied by a supper club on Wednesday 27th October 2021.
Curated and documented by Eleanor Beale.