Homesick Canteen is part of the exhibition "Underdeveloped #1," Garage Rotterdam.
Welcome to the Homesick Canteen! We don’t have a chef in this canteen because only the homesick person is able to replicate, reproduce and reinterpret dishes in their memories. Every visitor can be a chef in the kitchen and retrieve their (lost) memory through cooking, sharing, and tasting. You can also share the recipes you learned in your homeland and the migration land. Homesick Canteen is for everyone who has ever been caught by homesick. People without homesickness are also welcome to experience how it feels.
Homesick Canteen collects how people from different cultural and geographic backgrounds use the recipe to archive intangible things such as emotions, memories, and relational ties. It also aims to explore the inner world and mental support of diaspora people and develop a possible coping strategy through casual conversation in the kitchen. The artists will archive the collected stories and re-interpret them into food packaging design.
