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PEELING BACK TIME with Hanna Paniutsich
Sat 22 February 202522 Feb 2025
12:00—02:00 PM
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Description
In this workshop, we will discover the material properties, histories and memories associated with potatoes. As we work together on the process to extract starch from potatoes, we will discuss the story of this plant and especially how it became a staple food of many modern cultures.
Peeling, grating and straining, we will observe starch's chemical properties and how we can learn from physical materials to understand modern history and technology. Experimenting with the qualities of starch, we will consider its various uses and come up with different possibilities. People will be welcomed to share their own recipes, histories and memories connected to starch and potato.
This event is part of our workshop series that explores themes of home, migration, displacement and diasporic knowledges.
Pushkin House is committed to making all of our events as accessible as possible for every audience member. Please get in touch with us if you have a particular request and we will gladly discuss with you the best way to accommodate it.
Speakers
Hanna Paniutsich
Hanna Paniutsich (@xyana.xyz) is a multimedia artist, designer and researcher based in Glasgow.
My work is a collage of personal stories and hi(r)stories, video footage, physical devices, and biomatter. It is heavily informed by scientific research in the fields of ecology, architecture, chemistry, biology, and emergent technologies, which are then reassembled into installations, moving images, and writing. Through this I explore different types of Exclusion Zones that exist in both physical and digital realms. I navigate through different bio materials, physical computing pieces, 3D models and scans, online comments, footage and photographs, satellite imagery, data, and coding languages.
I run Bio-techno Lab and a monthly Lab club, which enables people to learn and participate in shaping future technologies by providing facilities, consultations and workshops.
Location
5A Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2TA