Quest for 100 Core South African Flavours with Anna Trapido
“If we are what we eat, who are we? The 100 Flavours installation analyses the question and serves up some suggestions.”
Anna Trapido - Drawing up a list of 100 South African Favours for a food installation at the V&A Waterfront’s Makers Landing, one hundred iconic edible items sounds like a lot, but as the person tasked with gathering opinions I can confirm that this number is nowhere near enough.
The project, curated by Studio H, can only be a beginning – which is as it should be because there are no right or wrong answers in the quest for a country’s core tastes. The list was created after considerable consultation but nevertheless it is merely a tool with which to discuss, debate and thereafter to add/subtract epicurean entries. It is hoped that the 100 Flavours Exhibition (which opened on 10 December 2020) will whet appetites for an exploration of South African identity through food.