DTD?: Down to Dumpling?
Join us for an art hive with artist Joni Cheung, in conjunction with her solo exhibition 'Pick up in 10' at McClure Gallery from October 20 to November 4, 2023.
DTD?: Down to Dumpling? is a call and response project sustained through exchanging hand folded, edible goodies.
Joni says that it started as a desire to enact their family’s Sunday morning (sometimes afternoon because she’s always been a night owl) ritual of going to 飲茶 yum cha and ordering mountains of 點心 dim sum, during a time when she was separated from family and friends #globalpandemic. Inspired by a memory of her folding 燒賣 siu mai and 雲吞 wonton with their dad, this lonely activity became a way for them to reach out to and care for loved ones and strangers from afar.
Isolation provided room to percolate on thoughts around home(making), diasporic experiences, and familial relations in material+intangible realms. Craving a place to let questions float, Cheung invites you to a communal moment of wrapping dumplings, where each participant will be given bite-sized treasures to take home as a parting gift. Within each baggie will be a scrap piece of paper—a prompt to contribute to an ongoing archive in any way that feels right to you.
Through this collective time, the artist hopes to continue nurturing acts of sharing space, stories, energy, and food—together.
Free entry / No reservation required / All materials provided. Please bring a food container so you can bring home your dumplings!
Photo credit: Christopher Johnstone
