Pepe Dayaw
Berlin-based artist. Since moving to Europe in 2010, Dayaw has been fashioning autofictional performances based on their fluid perspective of a Filipino queer migrant subject. In addition to independently developing their own vocabulary of dance and ethics of movement, Dayaw is a textile/fashion/costume designer, writer, and a karaoke-loving amateur singer.
In 2012, Dayaw began a series of leftover dinners in private homes in Madrid, creating impromptu meals out of food found in refrigerators and pantries and what the guests brought. In 2013, Dayaw moved to Berlin and continued to perform cooking (with what is there) as Nowhere Kitchen, eventually traveling to four continents. Working with and queering themes of nostalgia, home, memory, and embodiment, they fuse different folklores; primarily using the arts of flavor, movement, music, and critical hospitality to craft stories through improvised scores and unusual scenarios.
by Pepe Dayaw