Who are we
Durty Beanz (DB) are an Action Research Group based in Glasgow (UK). Established in 2019, the group produce a diverse range of outputs operating between contemporary art practice, gastronomy and digital anthropology. DB aim to consider the material and symbolic practices of food, as well as the institutions and understandings related to its production, consumption, distribution and representation. Their goal is to playfully interrogate the biopsychosocial status of the things we eat, specifically in relation to food inequalities, climate crisis and digital identities.
Selected Exhibitions / Projects
2024 - DESTRUCTIVE DISTRACTION: Influencers, Kebabs and Climate Crisis. Glasgow, UK (collaborative public billboard with Mark Titchner).
2024 - YER DINNER’S READY. Strange Field. Glasgow, UK (with Trackie McLeod & Len Goetzee)
2024 - Glasgow International Opening Party. Centre for Contemporary Art. Glasgow, UK (catering performance)
2023 - Hot Sausage and Mustard. Govan Project Space. Glasgow, UK (group)
2023 - NEVER EVER. The Maltings Arts Centre. Berwick, UK (solo)
2023 - The Story of The Rural Takeaway. Lyth Arts Centre. Caithness, UK (solo)
2023 - Takeaway Cultures. 422 Arts. Manchester, UK (solo)
2023 - Michelin Star Farts. Orielles Internaxionales. Basel, CH (solo)
2022 - All That’s Left. Centre for Rural Economy. Newcastle University, UK (solo)
2021 - The Impossibility of Further Possibility. The Wrong Biennale. Berlin, DE (group)
2021 - All Things Pass Kunstverein Neuenhaus, DE (catering performance in coordination with Lars Karl Becker’s exhibition: Tap Water From Coke Bottles)
2020 - Four More British Canapes. Mount Florida Gallery and Studios. Glasgow, UK (solo)
2019 - Four British Canapes. Milieu Gallery. Bern, CH (in coordination with Othmar Farré’s exhibition: GIVEN CIRCUMSTANCES)
Residencies
2023 - Lyth Arts Centre. Caithness, UK
2022 - Researching The Rural. The Maltings Visual Arts, Newcastle University, UK
Selected Creative Collaborators
Elina Bry, Trackie McLeod, Mark Titchner, Ciara Phillips, Holly Hendry, Scott Rogers, Sukaina Kubba, Othmar Farré, Len Goetzee, Sanjeev Kohli, George McCallum, Beagles & Ramsay, MV Brown, Luca George, Marc Etienne, Sebastian Monteux, Fanny Wickström, Charleine Boieiro, Gwenan Davies, Geneva Sills, Sam Kerr, Dr Jolynna Sinanan, Dr Gwynne Mapes, Jack Cheetham, Dr Alfie Bown, Amy Grogan, Isadora Vogt, Beth Shapeero, NYC Muncher, Michella Perera, Matthew Barnes, Alex James Alyin, Detroit Law & Colette Dryburgh, Natalie McGowan, Gary Brown, David Addison, Melissa Absarah Torres, Anna Firmberger, Professor Nigel A. Lawson, Dr Richard Stein, Ieva Jankovska, The Hebridean Baker, Alex Allan, Jack Stein, Grace Blakeley, Mark Dallas, Sleaford Mods
Selected Press / Media / Publications
Kaltblut Magazine, Visla Magazine, Eyes Magazine, Cultured North East, Kuba Paris, Art Viewer, Manchester Confidential, The John O’Groats Journal, Northumberland Gazette, Talk TV Metachrosis Literary Magazine (issue 4) The Herald
Memberships
Durty Beanz are associate members of the SOAS Food Studies Centre, University of London.