Kitchen Takeover acted a social, domestic, somewhat political and experimental space that was initiated by Huma Kabakci in the light of the lockdown in April 2020.

Kitchen Takeover occured both on Open Space’s Instagram and website offering a platform for creatives invited to share their kitchen secrets with our growing online community, from recipes to drawings, musings or performances.

This project acted not only as a platform to present recipes, but to explore the domestic kitchen space through issues around sustainability, food production systems, hierarchy, excess and the lack of food (especially in times of panic buying).

Contributors: Louise Ashcroft, Ingrid Berthon-Moine, Francesca Gavin, Lemonot Projects, Basim Magdy, Tasha Marks, Irene Matchetti, Antonio Riello, Inês Neto dos Santos, Michel Scherer, Nora Silva, Lucia Veronesi & Laura Wilson

Images from Laura Wilson’s takeover