Mess Hall

Special Event
24 February 2024
Three pictures of a green coloured chia pudding in a jar with a spoon mixing it. The image is taken from above the jar so you can see inside it. The first image the spoon is inside, the second the spoon is coming out, the third the spoon is out of the jar. The title
Three pictures of a green coloured chia pudding in a jar with a spoon mixing it. The image is taken from above the jar so you can see inside it. The first image the spoon is inside, the second the spoon is coming out, the third the spoon is out of the jar. The title "MESS HALL" is repeated three times over each image in a lime green crayon and in a handwritten font.

You are invited to Mess Hall, where we embrace the chaos of caring for each other.

When

Adelaide Contemporary Experimental

24 February 2024

6:00pm to 8:30pm

Access

We are putting on a feast with a twist! Do you want to eat with us, learn about each other's needs and communication styles, and get messy in the process?

Disabled people have to rely on support - we don’t have a choice. In the Mess Hall, you will rely on each other to eat - feeding your fellow mess-mates, and asking others to feed you. We want you to learn about each other’s needs, and ask for help, no matter how messy it gets. 

Come along to taste the mayhem and the edible creations by Kat Keane, made in response to Yucky’s ideas and materials.

Yucky and the Reading Room, located in the ACE foyer, will also be open during the event. 

People of all abilities are welcome.

This event is Auslan interpreted.

Please note: This event will require you to be interactive with the process of feeding each other. There will be handling of cutlery and food that you will need to consent to be involved with for this event.

Feature Image: 'Mess Hall' (2024), design by Adelaide Contemporary Experimental. Photography by Kat Keane.

Public Program Curators

William Maggs,
Hen Vaughan

Collaborator

Kat Keane

The Yucky Public Program Curators are supported by the Government of South Australia through the Richard Llewellyn Deaf and Disability Arts program.
This project is presented and supported by Adelaide Festival.
The Yucky Reading Room is supported by the City of Adelaide.

Related Exhibition
Yucky

17 February to 4 May 2024

Yucky is a group exhibition that explores the personal and political complexities that exist as part of disabled experience.

See Exhibition

ACE tampinthi, ngadlu Kaurna yartangka panpapanpalyarninthi (inparrinthi). Kaurna miyurna yaitya mathanya Wama Tarntanyaku. Parnaku yailtya, parnaku tapa purruna, parnaku yarta ngadlu tampnthi. Yalaka Kaurna miyurna itu yailtya, tapa purruna, yarta kuma puru martinthi, puru warri-apinthi, puru tangka martulayinthi.

ACE respectfully acknowledges the traditional Country of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains and pays respect to Elders past and present. We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land. We acknowledge that they are of continuing importance to the Kaurna people living today.

ACE tampinthi, ngadlu Kaurna yartangka panpapanpalyarninthi (inparrinthi). Kaurna miyurna yaitya mathanya Wama Tarntanyaku. Parnaku yailtya, parnaku tapa purruna, parnaku yarta ngadlu tampnthi. Yalaka Kaurna miyurna itu yailtya, tapa purruna, yarta kuma puru martinthi, puru warri-apinthi, puru tangka martulayinthi.

ACE respectfully acknowledges the traditional Country of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains and pays respect to Elders past and present. We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land. We acknowledge that they are of continuing importance to the Kaurna people living today.