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

COOKED STAGE: Seasoning the Grill
2024
Federation Square, Naarm
smoked wiggly skewers, sorghum, wakame, kumara

Seasoning the grill was a night-long cook-up party led by First Nation’s artists, performers, and cooks, curated by Deadly Fringe’s Program Coordinator, Peta Duncan.

The installation focuses on locality, sentimentality, and place. Surrounding a keg smoker/hangi of wiggly skewers was produce from local suppliers: True Leaf City Farm, Southern Seagreens and Collingwood Children Farm.

Hosted by Culinary mavericks Long Prawn in the federation square’s purpose built dining and performance space, designed by Mikhail Savin Rodrick Projects - with a working barbecue designed by artist Mike Hewson.














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