MAMA ROSE KITCHEN | Project Photography

The artwork is responsive towards the industrialization of the American food system. There are over 20 installations that range in food themes intersecting history, culture, health, learning, mobility, waste, water, energy, environment, and landscape. Installations are located within food deserts. Many sites are positioned along the railroad in the center of the city that has historically been the segregation “redline” between West and East Jackson. The installations alternate along each side of the track aiming to bring the segregated communities together within public space to talk about the food system. The work is placed in a variety of urban typologies ranging from government spaces, elementary schools, industrial parks, streets, neighborhoods, and the countryside.

As a child, Domnick’s most vivid memories were lived at her great-grandmother’s home. Mama Rose, a local farmer, centered food and communion as a pillar of their family. Domnick remembers sitting on the kitchen floor listening to Mama Rose’s stories about Farish Street District, their colorful neighborhood then thriving in local commerce and food industries. There, she began shaping her early notions of family and identity.

In Mama Rose Kitchen, Domnick uses depictions of her early childhood to revisit the communion of food making. The work prompts the memory to explore the collective experience of family tradition around food. In doing so, she hopes not only to archive memories of tradition, but also to ignite the conversation about food access and its impact on contemporary society.

ARTIST | Adrienne Domnick

INSTALL | A Plus Signs and Creative, Inc.

LOCATION | Farish Street Historic District