Salwa Foundation: Kimjang Workshop

In this workshop, you are cordially invited to make Kimchi and share food with Salwa Foundation and Saranghwae, a fluid art collective from South Korea. All ingredients – cabbages, gochujang (pepper paste) from Seoul, gochugaru from Gwangju, sesame oil, etc – will be prepared beforehand. Saranghwae will share recipes from home and after making Kimchi, we’ll hold a Kimchi Pairing Contest. An eye-opening award will be given to the participant who brings what could be paired best with Kimchi – be that beverage, food, music, dance moves or stories.

Kim-Jang (Kimchi Making in Korean) is a tradition that involves the whole family, and even the whole town at times. This collective practice is not only a seasonal affair to prepare for the long harsh winter all together after the fall harvest but also an opportunity of bonding and strengthening within communities through making and sharing food. In the spirit of this tradition, we hope to connect with people and care for nature. Through this workshop, we aim to reflect on fermentation and how it could expand the horizon of our ecosystem and our table, as a strategy of survival and co-existing in today’s capitalistically driven food chain.