YER DINNER’S READY (2024)

Strange Field, Glasgow (UK)

 

YER DINNER’S READY (YDR) was an evening of cuisine, performance and installation delivered by Durty Beanz, Trackie McLeod and Len Goetzee. The event was co-curated by Trackie McLeod and Strange Field Programme Director Jenny Tipton.

For YDR we developed a six-course tasting menu for eighty guests, prepared and served on location at Strange Field’s French Street space in Glasgow’s East End. From chippy curry pies to IRN-BRU cheesecakes, the food was designed to evoke memories of school canteen lunches, Sunday dinners at your nan’s house, and all inclusive holiday buffets. Responding to McLeod and Goetzee’s shared interest in nostalgia, each course explored a different element of the relationship(s) between memory, flavour and identity (both personal and collective). A percentage of the proceeds from the ticket sales was donated to LGBT Youth Scotland.

Documentation courtesy of: Chao-Ying Rao