Ecological Cookbook

THE 2024 EDITION OF THE DIRIYAH CONTEMPORARY ART BIENNALE Takes place in the JAX District in Diriyah, a town adjacent to the capital city of Riyadh and home to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of At-Turaif. The curatorial team of the 2024 Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale is led by globally renowned curator Ute Meta Bauer as Artistic Director and comprised of DBF curator Wejdan Reda(SA) and curators Rahul Gudipudi(IN), Rose Lejeune(UK), and Anca Rujoiu(RO). Together, they bring experiences and insights from diverse geographic backgrounds, extending the Biennale exhibition with artistic formats such as performance, sound, research-based practices, and digital forms.

A 4-day workshop at Diriyah Art Biennale’s Research Room, 2024. Food systems, land, and ecology are strongly intertwined topics that unfold various layers including culture, sociology, urbanism, built environment, social justice and more. The workshop aims to explore the various spatial systems and the chronological changes in geographies as well as the seasonality that shape our food and current realities. Throughout this workshop, we will respond to the multiple layers, ask questions, and collectively contribute to the creation of an ecological recipe book. By interacting with ingredients from the land, the participants are invited to share or create new and imaginative recipes. The workshop aims to respond to the land and surrounding ecologies through walks, cooking sessions, and conversations that engages the indigenous knowledge and challenges the institutionalized learning systems.  

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