Collective cooking session | Modthern Nature

Organized by MADA Collective Kitchen and Proyecto Garambullo within the framework of the Public Open Art Program for the Modthern Nature exhibition, it is an invitation to expand our notion of food in semi-desert territories, landscapes that in the imagination have been presented to us as not very fertile for sustain a varied diet. Contrary to what we have been told about soils such as Pedregal or the semi-desert, we will understand new ways of experimenting with ingredients that are part of the traditional gastronomy of the Queretaro semi-desert while we live together, prepare our tortillas, salads and sauces, using ingredients collected from the living room. from Modthern Nature and sharing a Garambullo stew.

The foraging cuisine in the Querétaro semi-desert, rooted in nomadic traditions, is connected to the heritage of the cornfield, the basis of Mexican cuisine. It represents solid resistance against the loss of territory and food homogenization. These traditions defy the pressures of modernity and preserve the connection between people and their environment; Furthermore, it is a cuisine that testifies to the ability of communities to resist the loss of their natural heritage while sustainably nourishing themselves from the land.

Public program | Modthern Nature

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Based in Colón, Querétaro,Proyecto Garambullo is a multidisciplinary citizen initiative that, through artistic strategies, workshops, residencies, talks, walks, exhibitions, and technology, addresses issues that seek the preservation of the natural and cultural heritage of the area of the Querétaro semi-desert. Likewise, it seeks the respectful recovery and exchange of knowledge, carrying out actions that link this knowledge with the nature and biodiversity of the area. It proposes a change in the way research and knowledge production is understood, to contribute to the current debate on participatory practical research and the validation of creative methodologies for knowledge production.

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