PAMIMIYESTA
ADOBO CONTEST
Pamimiyesta is a community art engagement in the form of a cook-off and intergenerational dialogue, offering free food to attendees. The term “pamimiyesta” refers to the act of going from one neighbor to another during a Filipino fiesta, and eating a free meal. Fiestas are a renowned tradition for Filipinos, held in every town across the Philippines, celebrating important milestones for local communities. On October 2, there will be a block party to celebrate Filipino American History month in the city’s Little Manila in Woodside, Queens, where the cook-off will take place.
The objective is to involve different generations of Filipino cooks in NYC to showcase their unique versions of adobo, a vinegar-infused stew considered to be universally enjoyed across classes of society. The event will take the form of a contest, structured to encourage dialogue beyond reductive measures of authenticity, but instead: new ways to discuss culinary culture (i.e. convergences, adaptations, influences), immigrant lives, and diasporic return. It is a social engagement project in the vein of artist Rirkrit Tiravanija, who sought to reject the division between art and life, and constructed communal environments to offer a space for everyday activities, such as cooking and serving curry to exhibition visitors.
This project was supported by the New York City Artist Corps Program.
COOKS
Gene Dacula
Yancy Gandionco
Joey Golja
Francis Maling
Nathalie Nera
Will Simbol
Maria Tanglao
JUDGES
Rachelle Ocampo
Luis H. Francia
Mark Mantarin, Purple Dough
Rachel Javier, FlipEats
PROJECT WEBSITE
PARTNER
VOLUNTEER
Hannah Cera
DOCUMENTATION
CivilianWorks (Videography)
FlipEats (Photos)
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