Inside the Artist’s Kitchen in collaboration with Chicago artist Kiam Marcelo Junio began as a fresh web series and has evolved into a handmade artists cookbook featuring vegan recipes rooted in Filipino cuisine. Through a performance alter ego Jerry Blossom, Kiam shares rich insights to connect people around the world through culinary experience.
Kiam says: "I want to create new fusions with Filipino food that take it beyond its origins while questioning what it is exactly that defines Filipino, or for that matter, any culture’s cuisine as it crosses boundaries. What is lost? What remains?"
Created by and starring Kiam Marcelo Junio as Jerry Blossom
// CREW //
Joe Gallagher // Director
MartinJon Garcia // Cinematographer
Cody Copeland // Music
// EPISODE ORDER //
Filipino Fusions, "Episode 2 - Lumpia"
"Oriental Flavor" (Trailer, 2014)
Filipino Fusions, "Episode 3: Kare Kare"
"Yoga with Kiam and Jerry Blossom: Tree Pose" (2012)
"ChristianFilipina.com English-Tagalog Lessons #1" (2012)
"Nostalgia (Kapag Tumibok ang Puso)" (2012)
Filipino Fusions, "Episode 4 - Pancit"
Filipino Fusions, "Episode 5 - Adobo"
Filipino Fusions, "Episode 6 - Halo Halo"
"I Deserve" (2015)
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