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.
Combining artistic expression and knowledge production, it attempts to highlight the complexities and challenges at stake behind chocolate bars.
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
Tang Contemporary
Hong Kong
May 2025
Hong Gah Museum
Taipei, Taiwan
Early 2026