And For You, Flours and Flowers

Sacraments, batons, cannons, and friar’s balls are among the most popular baked goods in Argentina. Crafted and named by anarchist bakers in the early twentieth century in Buenos Aires, these pastries have long carried gestures of protest and satire against church, military, and state authority.

And for You, Flours and Flowers draws from conceptual and material strategies of anarchist and feminist movements, where care and pleasure are woven into daily forms of resistance to extractive capitalism and war. The work brings into proximity distinct political and culinary histories, tracing how food can reorganize time, intimacy, and discourse, while enacting forms of relation grounded in mutuality rather than transactional individualism.

Passed from hand to hand at the festival opening,  And for You, Flours and Flowers takes shape through the sharing of edible confections shaped by stories of solidarity, love, and dissent.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Dana Prieto is a site-responsive artist, educator, and researcher based in Tkaronto. Her practice examines personal and collective relations with colonial infrastructures through a careful attention to the ground, and the different forms of living and dying within it. She holds a Master of Visual Studies from University of Toronto, and her work has been presented in national and international galleries, public spaces, and informal cultural venues. Dana is a co-founder and facilitator at SHEEEPschool, a research associate for Finding Flowers project, and the coordinator of the podcast "Sounds Like Land." This summer she will be co-presenting “Feeding Educators” with Safaa Anabelseya, an experiential, food-based art project at Evergreen Brick Works.

Safaa Alnabelseya is a Palestinian-Canadian artist, writer, and researcher. A trained architect and designer, Safaa’s work has always been rooted in grassroots organizing and activism, exploring creative ways to amplify voices and stories of Palestinian people and other communities facing systemic oppression. As a self taught chef, cooking and sharing food has been a vital way to connect with her Palestinian heritage, culture, and identity. Safaa has disseminated her work through published pieces titled "How Do You Remember Gaza; in Chutney Magazine, “Dear Kin,” and “Ephemeral Embraces,” in GALT, and “Transient Skin(s)” in POOL. This summer she will be co-presenting “Feeding Educators” with Dana Prieto, an experiential, food-based art project at Evergreen Brick Works.