National Bitter Melon Council Participates in Tiravanija Project

The National Bitter Melon Council (members include Prospectus artists Hiroko Kikuchi and Jeremy Liu) is one of 12 participants in a special curatorial project with artist Rirkrit Tiravanija titled “The Way Things Go” which will be on view at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA)  in San Francisco from February 13 to May 24, 2015. The YBCA says the project “uncovers narratives, reveals personal stories, and shares vignettes that lead to a larger understanding of migration of people in the production of material culture.”

“For this exhibition, contemporary artist Rirkrit Tiravanija invited artists from Asia and Europe, as well as from the San Francisco Bay Area, to contribute works related to the circulation and anthropology of seeds, plants, food, recipes, and related materials of kitchen culture that have circulated across regions and time. Featuring 12 artists projects and a wide range of work, from mixed-media installations to film, video, archive-oriented art, “The Way Things Go” explores how personal effects, gourds, seeds, a recipe, and sugar all yield stories that go beyond each artist’s personal intention, and creates a larger story of interwoven meanings embedded in cultural geography and spatial history.”

For more information, visit the project website.