"compost : compose" is a research-based project, hosting a series of discussions across
various ecologies and geographies. Taking inspiration from the soil, underpinned by
ecofeminist frameworks & concepts such as Biomimicry to answer human design
questions, Rasha will share preliminary work from her ongoing project, which seeks to
make meaning of how we can compost old structures, let go, tend to grief, and
decompose old ways of thinking, doing and being - observe liminality - and find ways to
compose new imaginaries for reparative futures & collective liberation.
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Participation fees:
One workshop: 30 nis
Both workshops: 50 nis
Under 26 and students:
One workshop: 25 nis
Both workshops: 40 nis
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Location
The Wonder Cabinet
Karkafeh Street next to ARIJ, Bethlehem
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Rasha Tayeh is a Palestinian artist, researcher, nutritionist, herbalist; founder of Beit e'Shai in Naarm (Melbourne). From a very young age, she was fascinated by the way we produce and prepare our food and herbs. How we grow, harvest, cook and share. And of course, how it makes us feel. Over the years, her curiosity led her to study and practice in a range of disciplines, developing a holistic approach to her practice.
She trained as a photographer in 2007, and has since studied and practiced in herbalism, nutrition, sociology and philosophy. Over the last decade, her art practice has evolved beyond photography into a research-based practice across various art mediums including film, with a focus on telling stories. Most of these stories became about food. She's interested in the space where art and health intersect, exploring food history and anthropology. Her work usually takes a documentarian approach combining photography, film, sound and installation. She draws on themes around health, culture, identity, feminism, spirituality and people’s place in community and ecology.
Her artwork has been exhibited at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Melbourne), National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne), International Arts & Health Conference at the National Gallery of Australia (Canberra), Alderman Gallery (Melbourne), Sustainable Living Festival (Melbourne), Transitions Film Festival (Melbourne & Adelaide), Environmental Film Festival (Melbourne), Sguardi Altrove Film Festival (Milan), Hidden Features Cinema (Edinburgh), Life Sciences Film Festival (Prague), Palestine Museum of Natural History (Bethlehem), Little Woods Gallery (Melbourne) and Footscray Community Arts Centre (Melbourne).
In 2017, she launched her organic herbal tea business Beit e’Shai (House of Tea in Arabic, pronounced bayt eh shy). All teas and tisanes are handmade using 100% natural blends from certified organic ingredients and blends are informed by traditional Arabic medicine and Palestinian herbalism.
www.rashatayeh.com
www.beiteshai.com
