Singapore is often dubbed a 'food paradise' and celebrates its diverse food culture. Food is frequently spoken about as a source of comfort, in terms of our cravings and desires. At the same time, food is intimately bound up with our inner worlds - our shame, anxieties and neuroses - as well as issues such as scarcity, migration, the climate crisis and socioeconomic disparities, to name but a few.
In HOT POT TALK: The Measure of a Meal, the second in the HOT POT TALK series, we hope to gather and share people’s messy stories of pleasure and pain around food, as a way to reflect on our personal relationships with food, as well as to draw attention to the larger systems, forces and cultures that people and food are enmeshed in. The digital presentation marks the first phase of HOT POT TALK: The Measure of a Meal. If you would like to support us in our efforts to continue gathering more stories about food in Singapore, please consider making a contribution at https://ko-fi.com/hotpottalk. To share any thoughts or suggestions, please email us at [email protected]!
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Production Credits & Acknowledgments
Director — Chong Gua Khee
Dramaturg — Kokila Annamalai
Co-Producers — Chong Gua Khee, Kokila Annamalai
Visual Artist — Alecia Neo
Sound Artist — Jevon Chandra
Production Stage Manager — Azy Alias
Performer-facilitators — Adib Kosnan, Suhaili Safari
Storytellers — Heather, Madhavan, Yanti, Yash
Website — Dennis Chen
Text curators — Kokila Annamalai, Scott Chua, Adib Kosnan, Teo Xiao Ting
Translators — Scott Chua (supported by Nathan Oranga), Suhaili Safari, Rajkumar (Raj) Thiagaras
Transcribers — Kokila Annamalai, Suhaili Safari, Alex Tan
Supported by the National Arts Council, Singapore
Powered by National Youth Council (NYC), Young ChangeMakers (YCM) Grant
In friendship with HOME (Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics)
Translations supported by CARE (Centre for Culture-Centred Approach to Research and Evaluation)
