Plates and Records at the opening of the India Street Mural Project

Ram Subramanian, Andrzej Nowicki, and Joann Kim founded Plates and Records this month with this simple request:

Guests are required to bring a plate, a record, an empty stomach, and a good mood.

The group, comprised of two artists and a human rights advocate, created a nomadic and themed monthly happening, happening first in Joann’s house, then at the opening of the India Street Mural Project in Brooklyn.

Barbecuing in front of Chris Stain’s mural

Plates and Records is not a potluck; instead, the chefs labor for free, charging only for the cost of the ingredients.  A more convivial way of arranging the necessities of our daily lives, this and other dinner clubs offer various models for DIY public gatherings, whether formally, as with the non-hierarchical Underground Food Collective, or spatially, as is the case with Plates and Records’ nomadism and use of public space.  Next up, foraging dinner clubs?

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