The first iteration of the project took the form of an experimental dinner that approached the kitchen and the recipe as sites of knowledge, transmission, and care. Cooking was treated not only as preparation but as a method of thinking, where embodied practices, repetition, and inherited gestures function as forms of knowing.
Structured as a three-hour performative workshop, the iteration brought together on-site participants and virtual contributors from around the world. In silence, in-person participants assembled pockets of food such as dumplings, pierogies, and empanadas. At the same time, virtual guests offered two-minute “frequencies of grief” through humming, singing, whistling, poetry, breath, and sighing utterances. These layered sounds formed a shared sonic field of mourning, care, and resonance.
The workshop culminated in a collective recording of these sounds, followed by a shared meal where participants ate the assembled pockets of grief. As they felt compelled, participants were invited to share personal reflections on their relationship to grief, allowing the space to move between listening, nourishment, and storytelling.
Frequency of Grief was presented on October 25, 2024, from 5–8 pm at Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Structured as a three-hour performative workshop, the iteration brought together on-site participants and virtual contributors from around the world. In silence, in-person participants assembled pockets of food such as dumplings, pierogies, and empanadas. At the same time, virtual guests offered two-minute “frequencies of grief” through humming, singing, whistling, poetry, breath, and sighing utterances. These layered sounds formed a shared sonic field of mourning, care, and resonance.
The workshop culminated in a collective recording of these sounds, followed by a shared meal where participants ate the assembled pockets of grief. As they felt compelled, participants were invited to share personal reflections on their relationship to grief, allowing the space to move between listening, nourishment, and storytelling.
Frequency of Grief was presented on October 25, 2024, from 5–8 pm at Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
