I know a spot: Food and Place with Tice Cin

Interdisciplinary artist Tice Cin will lead us through writing exercises inspired by Food TikTok and food critics like The Chicken Connoisseur, our local surroundings and writing from the likes of poet Romalyn Ante, novelist Caleb Azumah Nelson and food writer Rebecca May Johnson. We’ll also look at food imagery from the likes of artist Olivia Twist, and responding to musical explorations of food in ends. The way that we can locate the things that make a place is increasingly at risk, due to gentrification, social isolation and labour imbalances, what does it then mean to consider food?

Food can be political, food is comfort, food is an everyday necessity. An area can become like home through certain foods too – from places like Green Lanes in Haringey that are known for kebabs, to the marketplaces with campaigns to save them like #SaveRidleyRoad. In some writing, detailed sensory food descriptions can capture an audience and bring them to travel to taste with you, like Edmund eating Turkish Delight in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Join us to think about food and write.

Tice Cin is an interdisciplinary artist from north London. A London Writers Award-winner, her work has been published by Extra Teeth and Skin Deep and commissioned by places like Battersea Arts Centre and St Paul’s Cathedral. An alumnus of Barbican Young Poets, she now creates digital art as part of Design Yourself – a collective based at the Barbican Centre – exploring what it means to be human when technology is changing everything. A producer and DJ, she is releasing an EP, Keeping the House, to accompany her debut novel of the same name.

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Deptford Literature Festival takes place on Saturday 18 March 2023 and celebrates the diversity and creativity of Deptford and Lewisham through words, stories and performance. It is run by Spread the Word, and funded by Arts Council England. You can find out more about Deptford Literature Festival at: www.deptfordlitfest.com

Image at the top of the page description: The event image has a deep yellow background with the black text reading ‘DEPTFORD LITERATURE FESTIVAL’ in a bold font at the top left corner. There are teal green and pink graphics, including a plant vine, food bowl and watermelon slice. In the centre is a circular image of author Tice Cin who smiles knowingly above her head. She is a woman with tanned olive skin. She wears a yellow off-the-shoulder dress. She sits on and is surrounded by Ottoman style geometrically printed chairs in a Turkish restaurant in North London. A food fridge with marinated meats is behind her. At the bottom right of the photo is a text description of the event which reads: I know a spot: Food and Place Saturday 18 March 3.30 - 4:30pm @ Deptford Lounge

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Deptford Lounge - Room 2, 9 Giffin Street, London, United Kingdom