AJÍ DULCE y VENEZOLANOS EN ESPAÑA y EUROPA

The Ají: Fieldnotes
2022 

SEEDS OF VENEZUELA

PLANTED IN SPAIN

INGREDIENT OF THE DIASPORA

How did the seeds of ají get from Venezuela to Spain? Who are the people that enabled this journey? What socio-political processes enabled / forced their journey?

Who plants them? Who runs the business? How does it factor into their lives? Why do they feel it is important? How can we grow ají? How long does it take? How much care?

Why is it important for diaspora to access? What is affective nature of reunion? What is opinion of those who grow? Does taste travel? Can it be shared with new friends across borders and (social?) boundaries?

What cultural / creative knowledges are required? What is transformed upon migration, what becomes most important?

Source: Ají Malaga

Source: Ají Malaga

How is a business built and run? As a passion project, as a primary source of income? How is the digital utilised, how are social networks (Both physical and otherwise)?

Source: eBay Listing

COLLABORATIVE METHODS

HORIZONS

MULTIMODALITY

ARCHIVAL SPACES AND CO-CREATION

THE ENTREPRENEURIAL TURN

CREATIVE INTERVENTIONS

CULTURAL UNDERPINNINGS

Some larger peppers for sale at the garden in Victoria, where I also run a coffee stall two days a week. I believe these are non-spicy varietals. £26 for a plant already fruiting. Central London prices.