As part of the group exhibition Wir baut mer es oerliker Traumhus - How to build an Oerlikon Dream House in June 2023, I proposed a collaborative recipe book.

The exhibition took place in a house due to be demolished, and posed pertinent questions on society, housing, development and what it means to be a community today.

Over the course of the exhibition, I collected recipes from the public, via a ‘recipe box’ installed in the kitchen. Afterwards, I collated these recipes into a booklet and sent a digital copy to each participant as a gesture of thanks for their generosity in sharing.

Food is fuel, it is essential to our survival. It provides nourishment, comfort, pleasure. Food is how we show care, how we carry on traditions, how we discover a new taste.

It’s also how we learn, how we share and how we put our own twist on a family recipe. Food is a window into how we eat, how we live, and how we connect with others.