HORTA
A series of initiatives that creatively explore alternative food futures;
more resilient and collaborative ones
more resilient and collaborative ones
Ongoing since 2024
(Pronounced 'ohrtah')
“Horta” means “food garden” in Brasil. There is no 1 word for “food garden” in English like there is in Brasilian Portuguese. In English, it is a type of garden, that specifies in food growth. But a horta is not a type of garden that specifies in food growth, it is its own unique thing. And that being its own thing, gives it value and importance.
For me, a horta makes tangible the hope to a different future, a new kind of relationship between people and food. A horta invites community to come together, teach and learn, grow and experiment in different and new ways, it invites diversity rather than sameness, and it offers reciprocity.
“Horta” means “food garden” in Brasil. There is no 1 word for “food garden” in English like there is in Brasilian Portuguese. In English, it is a type of garden, that specifies in food growth. But a horta is not a type of garden that specifies in food growth, it is its own unique thing. And that being its own thing, gives it value and importance.
For me, a horta makes tangible the hope to a different future, a new kind of relationship between people and food. A horta invites community to come together, teach and learn, grow and experiment in different and new ways, it invites diversity rather than sameness, and it offers reciprocity.
Currently HORTA initiatives include:
- A personal research into my own heritage in relation to food
- A collection of stories of people's intimate, cultural and social relationships to food
- An assortment of workshops that invite people to re-think their relationships to food through making
- The activation of under-utilized public spaces as communal food gatherings