eat(,) my love! documentation

A cook-& lookbook documenting my Bachelor Thesis Project “EAT(,) MY LOVE!”.
Features my written thesis research, the recipes of four dishes with personal stories and film photographs of my parents and godparents. Paralleled by my interpretation of those dishes into four distinctive looks, which made up my thesis collection.

Created in collaboration with Céline Unternährer and Marla Ritz.
All texts and photographs by me.
Mentored by @serendipitykiosk
@hgkbasel_doingfashion
Book cover help: Valentina M.
Book photographed by Céline Unternährer

In loving homage and special thanks to my godmother Trudi and her husband Nico, as well as my parents, Jinggang and Mei, for passing your love language onto me and letting me share it with the world.

“The art student urge to quit everything
and open a café.”

From “«The art student urge to quit everything and open a café»
und andere Phänomene”
EAT(,) MY LOVE! – Documentation

excerpt: Intro

Mentor
@serendipitykiosk

Concept and design
@mika_yg_
@langagevisuel
@cel.erie

Book binding
Buchbinderei Bommer GmbH, Basel

Film photography
@mika_yg_

Book photography
@langagevisuel
@cel.erie

Special thanks to
Jinggang & Mei, Trudi & Nico

Kann das ständige Beschenken anderer auch in “love bombing” resultieren, oder sogar etwas mit Feigheit zu tun haben?[...]Wenn ich Reden mit Kochen ersetze, wovor renne ich in Wirklichkeit weg? Gibt es Dinge, die ich nicht sagen will und deshalb aufs Essen ausweiche?

From “Interview: Gabriela Aquije, 08.05.24”
EAT(,) MY LOVE! – Documentation

excerpt: recipes

Mentor
@serendipitykiosk

Concept and design
@mika_yg_
@langagevisuel
@cel.erie

Book binding
Buchbinderei Bommer GmbH, Basel

Film photography
@mika_yg_

Book photography
@langagevisuel
@cel.erie

Special thanks to
Jinggang & Mei, Trudi & Nico

“The food industry has a cycle of relentless consumption: we make food, it is consumed, we clean up, and we begin again. In the context of the fashion show we can see food and dining as an allegory for the fashion system’s own inexorable cycle of newness and obsolescence.”- Natalie Smith

From “An invitation to dine with me”
EAT(,) MY LOVE! – Documentation

For me, this was a revelation of what kind of “cook” I would rather want to be. I realized that cooking in my understanding is about community, what you make together or what I make to share. Just like how I cannot exist in a vacuum when I create clothes, I need to be in exchange with others when preparing a meal.

From “Interview: Gabriela Aquije, 08.05.24”
EAT(,) MY LOVE! – Documentation

The “EAT(,) MY LOVE! Documentation” book was a handmade limited edition, only three copies were made to this date. To borrow an physical copy for viewing, please contact the owner.