Maddie Lychek and Racquel Rowe’s collective practice explores the intersections of play, identity, and food, often related to cultural, racial, and gendered norms. They explore questions such; What is the role of cultural signifiers in contemporary performance art? How can everyday materials be used in performance? How can they be used to connect seemingly disparate people, places, and ideas?
Lychek and Rowe hold an intrinsic interest in food and its relationship to the body, both internally and externally as it relates to performance. Using food as a medium allows them to expand and unpack on/reflect on their specific cultural upbringings, shared diasporic connections and the way that food informs who they are.
Food and the preparation of food is often gendered in many cultures. Collectively they research feminized labor and gendered roles/norms both inside and outside the kitchen.
They often think about the ways their respective diasporas connect them. Diaspora is used widely to describe people with origins from specific places, nationalities, and histories. They explore connections made across various diasporas, on account of comparable colonial histories, and climates, resulting in similar attitudes, and ways of life.
