Menudo Curar Todo

Feeling the need for a remedy for this ‘hangover’ caused by length of the pandemic and thinking about the need to heal from dramatic increase in gun violence. I re-imagine my mother’s menudo (tripe soup) as a cure all, but created with ‘Scoby’ from Kambucha as the main ingredient with sprouting corn (as a symbol of life/regrowth).

Menudo Cura Todo

2022

SCOPY (Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast), chili flakes, acrylic paint, vegetable oil, sprouting corn, 'Magic Sponge', cilantro, and lime

10" x 10" x 6”