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MAI LING KOCHT: WE ALL EAT DIRT


Cooking Performance, ~20min, 2021-22

Mai Ling Kocht is a series of oral, auditory and haptic performances tapping into the evolution of Asian food through mobility. Taking place in both physical and virtual realms, Mai Ling experiments with conviviality inviting participants to descend into a deeper exploration of food — its stickiness, its histories and its politics. By tending to our desires for comfort and pleasure, food transforms beyond mere sustenance to a medium that satiates what was lost through migration. Through performative interactions with food, Mai Ling deconstructs oppressive structures and stereotypes — those that have been superimposed and reproduced — as a means for survival and protest.



Mai Ling Kocht 3: We All Eat Dirt
7-9 June, 2022, in the project Pickle Bar by Slavs and Tatars, Wiener Festwochen, Vienna. Photo by Franzi Kreis





Mai Ling Kocht 3: We All Eat Dirt
6-8 May, 2022, donaufestival, Krems. Photo by David Visnjic