With a holistic approach, this touring exhibition and artistic collective research project aims at exploring the multiple stories of Asian cocoa and chocolate from a historical, anthropological, cultural, ecological and socio-economic perspective, including its medical and gastronomic facets.
Combining artistic expression and knowledge production, it attempts to highlight the complexities and challenges at stake behind chocolate bars.
Asian Cacao (Bon Fiction) — In Conversation with Akhil Grandhi
(Excerpt)
Total Runtime: 17 minutes, 39 seconds
A touring exhibition
Each exhibition will be site specific thanks to a collaboration with local artists, farmers, scholars, students and chocolate makers.
The Nguyen Art Foundation Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Feb.-July 2024
The M Metropolitan Museum Manila, Philippines Sept.-Oct. 2024
Kohesi Initiatives Yogyakarta, Indonesia December 2024
The Bangkok Art and Cultural Center Bangkok, Thailand Feb. 2025