In the Warm of the Kitchen Exhibition

The collaborative work In the Warmth of the Kitchen was shown for the first time in Colombia in an exhibition called “Amor” (Love in English), 2017. Carlos and Yamile recreated a traditional Pereira´s kitchen to serve food inspired by the local ingredients available around .

This time, at the Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Yamile and Carlos are showing a group of mixed media works where they explore their memories related to their own country, but keeping in mind that they are now living in a different land. Consequently, the work is autobiographical in that it refers to specific stories about the territory where they grew up and the personal experiences they have accumulated throughout their lives, while symbolizing the collective nostalgia for that place to which they belong, still called home; but is not so easy to return to.

In general, the work takes you to visit an important place linked to the hearts of Carlos and Yamile. They have made artistic decisions to resignify the work in terms of their life journey, use specific objects to allude to a region where they were born, and offer love in the form of food to the audience to share their culture and identity. This is an invitation to meet around the kitchen, to reflect on the flavours that comfort you, it is at the same time an excuse to reimagine the spaces we once inhabited and to embrace with deep affection the memories we have.

Around The Kitchen Table

Meet the artists Yamile Tafur Rios and Carlos Sanchez Zapata around the kitchen table as they recreate the warmth of the kitchen and serve Amasijos, a traditional preparation made by hand mainly with wheat, corn, cassava or other common ingredients found according to the region. In this case Carlos and Yamile will make Sweet Plantain Amasijos inspired in the hills of the Colombian Andes where the artists were born and raised. The artists offer love in the shape of food to the audience, to pass the feeling they have for each other, and to generate emotions and connections with the spectators. It is at the same time an excuse to reimagine the spaces that we inhabit, an invitation to make encounters around cooking, to reflect on the flavours that give us comfort and to embrace the memories that you have with deep affection.