PALAN & PAKGHOR - The Social Kitchen (Dinner)

As part of the After Rain 2024 Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale, Britto Arts Trust–a Dhaka-based artist-run collective–is calling for volunteers to bring their project, Palan & Pakghor (The Kitchen Garden and The Social Kitchen), to life. Britto Arts Trust has constructed an outdoor kitchen and a garden where people can gather to cook, tell stories and serve food, snacks, or drinks prepared from recipes representing a variety of communities residing in Riyadh.

In Diriyah, Britto Arts Trust welcomes visitors into an ecological, social, and diasporic space defined by the structures of the Bengali palan and pakghor. The palan is a traditional kitchen garden usually looked after by women and children, which supplies the pakghor, a living-room-like family kitchen. The palan grows vegetables and culinary herbs supplied by Alzahrani Farm in Diriyah, while the pakghor is activated by volunteers from different parts of Riyadh, who sign up to cook for Biennale visitors.

Join us for dinner!

And to volunteer for cooking, please book available slots with:

[email protected]