Bakudapan Food Study Group is a collective that discusses ideas about and surrounding food. The word  bakudapan is derived from bakudapa, which is Manadonese (North Sulawesi) for “meet,” and kudapan, a snack usually shared during social gatherings of all kinds. Together, bakudapan can be translated to “eating snacks while meeting."

Through models of gathering and sharing, Bakudapan’s projects unveil food’s larger position within culture. Beyond cooking, history, and heritage conservation, the collective uses food as an instrument to address intersections with broader issues surrounding politics, society, gender, economy, philosophy and art.

While in residence, Bakudapan will expand on their project, The Hunger Tales (2020 - ongoing), where they map the food ecosystem across various localities. For the board game’s Singapore iteration, they will be collaborating with Singapore-based practitioners, drawing from local foods and stories in its development.

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Portrait image on listings page by Yudha Kusuma, courtesy of Bakudapan.
Banner image courtesy by Yudha Kusuma, courtesy of Bakudapan.

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