Recap of Ken Lum’s International Dumpling Festival
By Henry Heng Lu
Photo documentation of KEN LUM’s
The 13th edition of Nuit Blanche Toronto kicked off on the slightly chilly evening of September 29. From sunset to sunrise, a series of public interventions transformed the cityscape as part of the 12-hour, after-dark contemporary art festival. For this occasion, Vancouver-born, Philadelphia-based artist Ken Lum created a new work titled International Dumpling Festival (2018), a participatory installation disguised as a functioning night market, featuring seven food vendors that sold a selection of dumplings including Chinese wontons, Jamaican patties, Tibetan momos, Colombian empanadas, and Polish pierogis.
