Home is Where the Heart is (a collective recipe)

An object slowly floating lands in the palm of my hands, merging with the gestures of care that circulate through a continuous cycle of exchange. As we cook, we remember the kinship we form through thinking together and allowing our stories to unfold in the presence of others. These gestures of sharing become acts of resistance, forming a world in which communities are not defined by labels but by mutual growth and trust. Let this polyphony of scents invite you to imagine the transformative potential within a simple exchange of recipes.

Home is Where the Heart brings together ten individuals who formed the first collective of The Kinship Cookbook, during its inaugural gathering Home Sweet Home. This event invited participants to reflect on the meaning of home as a site of intimacy, care, and transformation. Through collective reading and writing, a shared performance, and the creation of an ephemeral in situ installation composed of personal objects and offerings, the participants built a temporary home grounded in dialogue and reflection.


The recipes written during the gathering became vessels for memory and imagination, revealing the many ways care and vulnerability can take form. Activated later through performance, sculpture, and installation, these recipes continue to grow and transform, embodying the evolving nature of queer kinships and the interdependence of human and nonhuman beings. Together, they propose a practice of becoming with one another, rooted in kindness, curiosity, and collective reflection.


Costume
Aidan Abnet

Animation
Sjoerd Beijers

Camera & Edit
Isaac Ponseele
Benjamin Ponseele

Music
Benjamin Schoones

Typography
Seppe-Hazel Laereman