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Rasha Tayeh

Rasha Tayeh is a Palestinian artist, researcher, herbalist, nutritionist, founder & creative director of Beit e’Shai Teahouse, a Naarm-based, SWANA-inspired social enterprise. Her practice is land-based with an ecofeminist approach, focusing on telling stories about food and plant medicine across various mediums including photography, sound, film and live art. Rasha is interested in the space where art and health intersect; preserving food histories, exploring connection to land, food sovereignty, spirituality and people’s relationships in community & ecology. Her work exhibited locally and internationally at various galleries and institutions including; the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Melbourne), National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne), Footscray Arts Centre (Melbourne), Sustainable Living Festival (Melbourne), Transitions Film Festival (Melbourne & Adelaide), Environmental Film Festival (Melbourne), Sguardi Altrove Film Festival (Milan), Hidden Features Cinema (Edinburgh), Life Sciences Film Festival (Prague) and the Palestine Museum of Natural History (Bethlehem).

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3 Major Recipes by Rasha Tayeh

In this audio-visual exhibition On Food & Memory (2016) I documented intimate stories about food histories and practices that shape people’s memories.

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