Migratory Table: Making kitchen to transit worlds is a participatory space by Cocina Colaboratorio that understands the table and cooking as practices of situating oneself in the world.
In a global context marked by forced migration, hardened borders, the expansion of monoculture, and slow disasters that quietly transform bodies, landscapes, and food systems, the project activates a Migratory Table as a mobile, participatory kitchen moving between Santo Domingo Tomaltepec (Oaxaca), Mexico City, and Los Angeles.
Through the intertwined gestures of naming, cooking, and remediating, workshop participants are invited to share food, memories, and absences: invoking ingredients that are no longer available; living yet undocumented (“un-inherited”) recipes; transformed territories; and the forms of resistance that emerge alongside these shifts.
Recipes and reflections generated during the exchange—culinary, symbolic, and affective—are documented and printed on-site, giving rise to a collective, migratory cookbook that evolves with each activation across cities and borders.
Migratory Table is produced by Active Cultures and LagoAlgo in Mexico City and will travel to Los Angeles, hosted by Active Cultures, in September 2026.
10:30 AM: Recipe Building Workshop - FoodTruck
A participatory workshop for up to 40 participants led by Cocina Colaboratorio. Attendance is free, but capacity is limited. RSVP required.
12:30 PM: Public Talk and Community Cocktail - Salón PB
Public conversation with invited speakers from Cocina Colaboratorio, followed by a community celebration. RSVP required.