kaikai
Dylan Goh
Opening: Tuesday 09.03.2021, 6-8pm
Exhibition continues: 10.03.2021-20.03.2021
“kaikai” is an exhibition turned living room which spotlights the junction of traditional and contemporary customs in my life as a second generation Australian. kaikai (meaning ‘food’ in Pijin) references my family’s diasporic movements across Hong Kong, Malaysia, Solomon Islands and finally, Australia.
From mahjong to bubble tea, “kaikai” re-creates elements of my grandmother’s house where sixteen people gather every Friday for dinner. In this unassuming space, a cross-generational transfer of language and cultural knowledge occurs.
Through rituals of food and play, “kaikai” transforms the gallery into a liminal space for cultural enrichment and celebration of one’s heritage.
