playte
jPlayte are a gastro-architect duo who use local food as a tool for collective healing. Their work is rooted in community—creating site-specific experiences that explore the intersection between art, architecture, and the politics of food.

Founded by Niyanta Sharma, an artist and architectural designer with Indian heritage, and Wesley Hauler-Winterford, a nutritionist and cook with Māori heritage. Together, Playte explores the joy of gastronomy

Shop Bao Ngoc Supper Club
2024  
Omega Works Studio
mushroom, rice crackers, rice parcels with fish, sugo, coconut and plantain pudding


A collaboration with Ngoc Tran, chef and founder of Shop Bao Ngoc, for a superclub that celebrated Ngoc Vietnamese roots and used the vegetable waste from the meal for a chandelier installation. This event was an extension of a panel discussion Niyanta curated for MPavilion 2022, centred around the importance of food sharing as a form of collective healing and questioning, why cheap food is a prerequisite for ‘authentic’ Asian restaurants?

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