9
Feb
The “I Love Pho” Tour
Topic: Phonatic: Pho Reviews
Tags: Pho
For my readers in Australia (who probably number somewhere between 0 and 1), check out the “I Love Phở” tour. I received this announcement from the person organizing it, and thought I’d pass it along.
I Love Phở uses Phở as a metaphor to interpret and reveal a Việt Nam whose people and history are as varied and complex as the preparation and cooking of a bowl of Phở itself. Through its own global journey, Phở is unique, flexible and versatile in borrowing, adapting, modifying, ultimately creating its own culinary experience. It challenges all notions of the hybrid, traditional and authentic where adaptation, migration and movement are common in an era of intense globalisation.
I Love Phở combines the work of seven artists; a catalogue including essays, non-fictions, recipes and poems written by well-known Vietnamese and non-Vietnamese writers; guided tours; Phở tasting and Phở cooking demonstrations. This aims to create dialogues between visual artists, local communities and broader audiences exploring issues of identity, history, culture and diaspora over a bowl of Phở. Each destination also includes the work of local artists commissioned specifically for the exhibition.
February 11th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
Ah… First you introduce Raven and I to Pho, initiating the addiction. Now we can’t get enough Pho and it is the most frequent thing we have when we go out to eat. Then you build the addiction and spread it into other areas of our lives - art, poetry, the creativity of cooking, and wrap it in a socially acceptable package of promoting cultural diversity. When will the soup madness end?
March 5th, 2008 at 1:08 am
Honey stop blubbering on we have to go out and get some Pho!!!