Event Details
The Cookout is a summer networking event that aims to bridge artists and their communities through storytelling and traditions rooted in black culture. On a Saturday afternoon, people from all backgrounds are welcome to attend a day-party where they can make a plate, grab a beer, and connect as a larger community.
What is a cookout?
Most often associated with backyard barbecues and outdoor grilling during warm summer months, a 'cookout' is sometimes used as a colloquialism within black culture to invite someone from an outside culture inside the community. This is based on a shared commitment to the liberation of all people.
Background
Ich bin Rannie McCants, a playwright and US Fulbright Scholar pursuing a Master’s in Theatre at ZHdK. Through my research into the Swiss abolitionist movement and its relationship to post-Black Lives Matter Switzerland, I uncovered the Völkerkundemuseum der Universität Zürich and its Rumble in the Archive exhibition. I was completely captivated by what I encountered there, and I would love to create a welcoming space
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Event Details
The Cookout is a summer networking event that aims to bridge artists and their communities through storytelling and traditions rooted in black culture. On a Saturday afternoon, people from all backgrounds are welcome to attend a day-party where they can make a plate, grab a beer, and connect as a larger community.
What is a cookout?
Most often associated with backyard barbecues and outdoor grilling during warm summer months, a 'cookout' is sometimes used as a colloquialism within black culture to invite someone from an outside culture inside the community. This is based on a shared commitment to the liberation of all people.
Background
Ich bin Rannie McCants, a playwright and US Fulbright Scholar pursuing a Master’s in Theatre at ZHdK. Through my research into the Swiss abolitionist movement and its relationship to post-Black Lives Matter Switzerland, I uncovered the Völkerkundemuseum der Universität Zürich and its Rumble in the Archive exhibition. I was completely captivated by what I encountered there, and I would love to create a welcoming space for members of my artistic community to experience and engage with the exhibition’s impact.
After living in New York City for twelve years, I moved to Zürich last September. Before that, I spent much of my childhood moving between Ohio and Florida. As part of a large Black Southern American family, I often spent my summers in the South, gathering for cookouts, family reunions, graduations, birthdays, and holidays. Food has always been one of the ways my family comes together to celebrate, share stories, and build community. I’m excited to bring that part of myself to my new community in Switzerland and create an afternoon where food, art, history, and conversation can come together.
Special Notes
This event was made possible through VERSO Project Fonds.
This event will offer vegan, vegetarian, dairy-free, and gluten-free options. If you have specific dietary restrictions or a shellfish allergy, please email rannie.mccants@zhdk.ch.
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