Kusina Konversations
Calendar Design
A custom calendar design containing culturally significant days from cultures around the world such as Lunar New Year, Ramadan, Passover, Waitangi Day, NAIDOC week and Diwali. As well as astrology signs and moon phases.
The calendar was created as part of a Dialekto workshop in collaboration with Catherine Ortega-Sandow and Saluhan Collective.
The calendar-making workshop and lunch date explored the role of food as a shared language, commonly used to communicate within diasporas and migrant communities.
The workshop was guided by food advocate and graphic designer, Rio Ramintas, in collaboration with researcher and storyteller, Catherine Ortega-Sandow, the workshop invites participants to draw from their own cultural experiences with food, ingredients, recipes, and celebrations to share their stories in a range of fun and accessible media including collage, drawing, and text. At the conclusion of the workshop, participants were invited to submit their works for inclusion in the Kusina Konversations calendar. The calendar was then printed and exhibited in late 2022.
In addition to the workshop, participants were invited to come together over a Filipino lunch prepared by the artists and featuring their takes on classic and contemporary dishes from the Philippine archipelago.
The artwork featured on each month within the calendar was created by the workshop participants.
