Kkureomi: UNBOXING with Sisters

Rice Brewing Sisters Club

December 12, 2020
10.00–11.30 CET / 6–7.30pm KST

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A box of locally-grown crops sent directly from women farmers to consumers, kkureomi materializes overlooked forms of labor and brings economic independence to women. Three sister communities from South Korea—artist collective Rice Brewing Sisters Club, independent cooperative of women farmers Sister’s Garden, and urban farmer and freelance journalist organicpunk—come together for a special session, in which they unbox a kkureomi package together with ten guests including artists, writers, farmers, chef, community organizers, and activists, joining from home and abroad. Join our conversation as we unwrap the kkureomi, in Rice Brewing Sisters Club’s words, “a box of goods and goodies made from the sisters’ joint harvest and research this year,” and make our way through indigeneity, soil and land, community farming, ecological thinking, and micro/macro forms of solidarity.

Rice Brewing Sisters Club (Aletheia Hyun-Jin Shin, Soyoon Ryu and Hyemin Son) is a collective of sisters who experiments with “social fermentation” as an artistic form, by creating open-ended platforms for visual art, performance, cooking, creative writing, and auntie wisdoms. @ricebrewingsistersclub

Sister’s Garden is an independent cooperative of women farmers and social enterprise that practices community-supported agriculture and food sovereignty through a kkureomi project. Initiated by Korean Women Peasants Association (KWPA), the Sister’s Garden currently includes over 300 members and 19 local branches spread around South Korea. sistersgarden.org

organicpunk is an urban farmer and a freelance journalist who writes stories of women peasants and activists. She organizes various projects on the subject of sustainable agriculture, zero-waste, and local farming communities. organicpunk.farm