Breakaway consists of a varied series of audience-enacted gestures woven into multiple Din Din events. It is ritual activity that conflates the notion of theatrical breakaway props — things designed to be destroyed without hurting anyone — with the idea of freedom obtained by breaking away from dysfunctional patterns rooted in traumas from the past.
Din Din is a series of free, socially-distanced outdoor public events which use food and art to build community. Produced by Flux Factory and taking place in the neighboring Windmill Community Garden, works range from visual art, dance, film, meals, activism, and music.
Food is a basic survival necessity, but also begs the most abstract questions – Din Din artists use food to address wide-ranging issues. Some artists investigate both loss and preservation of family, tradition and personal identity. Others use food to address ecology and food justice. Many works employ aesthetics of camp and kitsch, but there will be no bad taste allowed in the meals served at every single event!
Din Din is curated by Sarah Dahlinger, Cayla Lockwood and Nat Roe.
Calendar of Events
Monday, May 31, 2 – 6pm | 29th Street Block Party
Saturday, June 5, 3 – 5pm | A Stitch in Time: Trans Family Archives
Thursday, June 10, 7 – 10pm | Fungal Symbiote Dinner
June 20, 2 & 4pm | Missing Luncheon
June 26, 7 – 10pm | Tasting Menu & Film Screening
May 31 – June 25, After Sunset | Film Installation on Flux Factory Facade
Participating Artists
Lily Baldwin | Bianca Boragi | Eli Brown | The Connected Chef | Julia Hechtman | Forest Juziuk | Heather Kapplow | Karen Krolak | Siri Lee | Gil Lopez | Phyllis Ma | Nadine Nelson | Will Owen | Street Vendor Project | Vinyl Richie | Tobias Rud | Robbie Samuels | Zina Saro-Wiwa | Rebecca Shapass | Dana Sherwood | Yiyi Wei |