Organized by New York based artist Giguel Maybach, "Del Suelo al Cielo (From Soil to Sky)" is a decelerationist music and food project that invites folks to slow down and get closer to the earth. It centers around a social sculpture that incorporates a barbecue and sound system for blending ancient and contemporary sounds, flavors, and geologies, all […]
Both food and fashion are central to our daily lives. They speak to people’s most basic needs while also expressing our individual and cultural identities. The exhibition Food & Fashion explores how food themes and motifs are used to comment on critical topics from luxury, gender, and consumerism to sustainability, social activism, and body politics. Food has […]
Amidst the challenges we currently confront, there's never been a more crucial time to come together and explore the potential models and methods for positive change in ourselves and our neighborhoods. The opening reception is happening at Grace by Nia, and the featured topic is Funding Black Futures. the speakers include: Nwamaka Agbo (Kataly Foundation), […]
Join MOLD and Cactus Store on October 8 for a community potluck activating our friend Miguel Gaydosh‘s installation, All Pib Slow Play. Bring a dish to share or something to throw on the grill in a celebration of deceleration and our transition into the autumn season. We will be joined by our friends at Mmundo […]
In this workshop participants will work with a traditional eggless, durum wheat pasta dough to learn handmade pasta techniques. We will explore the poetic and sculptural potential of the material as a means to better understand the relationships between form, material, body, and landscape inherent to cuisine. We will begin with a talk to orient […]
Join Oko Farms in learning the slow craft of processing cotton by hand. Together, as beginners, participants will use traditional methods and tools to gin and spin the fiber into yarn. Participants will be be guided through the process by Kenn Pan, a textile artist and an Oko Farms’ Artist in Residence. Kenn is part […]
Aerthship presents PASSENGER PROGRAM, a pop-up artist residency in symbiosis with the most powerful force in our lives: Earth. WHEN November 9-13, 2023. WHERE Takigahara Farm is located in Komatsu, Ishikawa, Japan. WHAT For (5) days, artists will partake in facilitated mindfulness walks, guided hikes, engage in writing workshops facilitated by Mimi Zhu, music-making-listening, excursions, moments […]
Join Printed Matter for the launch of Priscilla by artist and researcher Sasha Fishman. Priscilla contains essays, photographs and debris from Fishman’s experience caring for a hagfish, outlining how clear materiality led her to these deep sea creatures, and the ethical dilemmas that arose as she developed a relationship with them. Published by 9vtbackslash5. Fishman will be joined […]
Now in its fourth year, Omved Gardens' Seed Saving Network has distributed free open-pollinated seeds to growers across Britain. They want people to grow wherever they can - in flats, allotments, window boxes, community gardens, houseboats, and tower blocks - if there is space for sowing, get growing! Omved Gardens thinks that growing food and […]
Embodied Futures & the Ecology of Care invites the viewer to reimagine “care” as a dynamic, flowing force that sustains and nurtures all beings as opposed to being a gift bestowed across a hierarchical power gap. In a transforming world propelled by exponential advancements in technology and shifting ecological paradigms, the interdisciplinary art presented serves […]
The time has come, the myceliation is almost complete, and soon there will emerge the greatest fungal festival ever to fruit in NYC. Get ready for New York Mycological Society's second annual Fungus Festival in partnership with, none other than the Randall's Island Park Alliance! This year there is a huge flush of fungal partners, […]
During the process of papermaking, water moves like oscillating currents. Fiber, pulp, equipment, and tools come together with the flow of water in the hands of a papermaker. In the water, fibers circulate and then connect and form bonds. In papermaking, water ebbs and flows, like river currents or the tide, making things completely different. […]
Sally Barnes, founder of Woodcock Smokery, a champion of wild fish, and Ireland’s most revered artisan fish smoker, is coming to Platform by JBF in partnership with Bog & Thunder, an eco-culinary tourism company focused on Irish food, culture, and sustainability. Barnes, who has been smoking wild fish in West Cork, Ireland, for over 40 […]
In celebration of artisan fish smoker Sally Barnes' visit to NYC, Bog & Thunder presents an international conversation about the challenges facing wild salmon populations worldwide and the efforts to save them. Join Bog & Thunder to welcome salmon warriors from Alaska to Ireland to discuss the impact that the climate crisis, overfishing, and salmon farms […]
Palestinian (for and by) community meal led by Amanny Ahmad with the somatic invitation to make, handle and eat food—especially dishes that are seasonally connected to what currently should be the olive harvest in the region. This space is intended to be one of gathering, community, nourishment, grieving, togetherness, and whatever else is needed. A […]