Frankie Jenner is a storyteller, researcher and food anthropologist.
I am currently juggling words in Amman, Jordan whilst collaborating with curious minds across the world.
COLLABORATION WITH FAMOUS FOR MY DINNER PARTIES, BERLIN, JAN 2024
THE WHOPPER VIRGINS, PT 2:
SOY BOYS AND EGG SLONKING —
WHERE ONLINE SUBCULTURES COLLIDE
What does it mean when those who preach a return to a ‘natural’ diet also sell supplements for those in a pinch? And how do the ideas behind the ‘Whopper Virgins’ relate to those on finds on Infowars?
COLLABORATION WITH FAMOUS FOR MY DINNER PARTIES, BERLIN, JAN 2024
THE WHOPPER VIRGINS, PT 1:
BATTLE FOR THE CROWN IN THE VIRAL ONLINE SPHERE
In 2008, Burger King set out to beat its competitors with a controversial ad campaign: What do the “Whopper Virgins” say about today’s viral food-scape?
Contribution to the exhibition through my research on pickling and fermentation.
GRASSI MUSEUM OF ETHNOLOGY, LEIPZIG
DEC. 2022 - JUL. 2023
FERMENTING: PERSPECTIVES ON ‘EAST’
I explore pickles, processes of fermentation, and its metaphorical significance as a lens through which we can explore our social history. Offering insight on how the work of Slavs and Tatars speaks to the concept of fermentation as a metaphor.
LEONARDO, MIT JOURNAL
DEC. 2022
SWEET & SOUR POWER: THE PRACTICE AND SOCIAL METAPHOR OF PICKLING
Bringing together a series of interviews, I explore how the British Caribbean community sustain London through food.
APPETITE SINGAPORE
DEC. 2022
RE-ENVISION: BRITISH CARIBBEAN FOOD - A CULTURE OF ABUNDANCE
In the second installment of the Sweet & Sour Power series, I look at the artist collective Slavs and Tatars and how their work speaks to the concept of fermentation as a metaphor.
APPETITE SINGAPORE
JUN. 2022
RE-ENVISION: PICKLES (SWEET & SOUR POWER: PICKLE POLITICS)
In the first installment of the Sweet & Sour Power series, I explore pickles, processes of fermentation, and its metaphorical significance as a lens through which we can explore our social history.
APPETITE SINGAPORE
JAN. 2022
RE-ENVISION: PICKLES (SWEET & SOUR POWER: WHAT’S THE BIG DILL?)