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helen ip
artist, designer, educator
studio@helen.international
TOFU ACTIVATION, 2025
performative site-specific 
food event
performed as part of the show, War Goes Straight to Their Tummies at Below Grand

TOFU ACTIVATION was a softly-Fluxist invitation to reimagine the experience of consuming an often-overlooked food: tofu. Before becoming Below Grand, the location was formerly a tofu production company. Taking a gastrophysical approach, I prepared and served various tofu dishes with the aim to disarm diner’s expectations.

Documentation by Charlie Gleberman. Special thanks to Wei Wang, Hannah Lutz Winkler, and Kimberley Ip.