Moonhyung Lee

1 year Siloaves

Final show of the Food & Art Alternative MA 23-24 @thegramounce at @espaciogaviota Curated by @kevin.bello.art Live, culture, table 2024 This process-based display focuses on buttermilk, a by-product of butter-making practices, and upcycling techniques that harness live culture to create cultured cream. Blurring the boundaries between scientific lab, cooking station, and contemplative experiment, the project employs the familiar presence of butter to investigate the ubiquitous presence of birth and death in both micro and macro aspects of our food systems. Exhibition text. @kevin.bello.art Photo. Maru Serrano — One of the very first jobs I’ve done in the kitchen was churning butter. It tends to be considered as a long and messy work but ever since then I was always fascinated by how the cream changes it’s texture and taste by a live culture. The longer version text. Just as all living things are born and die their lives, so it is in the food system, where both life and death exist at all times. Fresh produce, meat, and dairy products are delivered to the kitchen daily, weekly to feed people. At the same time, we produce spent ingredients and by-products every day, elements that might be considered less valuable by popular opinion but that we can treat as new sources of taste.  In contemplation of the relationship between creation and extinction, birth and death, we want to reexamine the special character of buttermilk. Buttermilk is one of the most common by-products we produce, but also the most versatile, promising, and powerful left-liquid thanks to its live culture.   On ‘Live, culture, table’ we invite everyone to celebrate the meaning of rebirth in the food system by culturing cream and making butter. Thank you @noramutcho @inesns @noajansma @kevin.bello.art 🤍 Team @silolondon the biggiest support @melero.helena answering all questions for 24/7 @licklemore_ elaborating my writing beautiful

Uniform, 2020 @arabeschi concept of uniform challenges rules and constructions of traditional garments, removing the idealization of tradition and rewriting the processes of tailoring. Uniforms are means of identification for #arabeschidilatte event styling process: a harmonious composite of physical movements, research of garments that dress them. UNIFORME. A collaboration between Arabeschi di Latte and Jessica Cabassa. Photo: Chiara Dolma

Hitting a Rock with an Egg
 Workshop for [New Gold 2 - Eggshells] by @wasteartlab Oct 10, 2025 In Korean, “hitting a rock with an egg” describes trying something impossible. In this workshop, we took the phrase literally—cracking eggs on rocks and turning this “futile” act into creative problem-solving. Using eggs and eggshells, we explored how closed-loop food systems can upcycle materials that are usually discarded, transforming waste into practical resources. Thank you, Raquel, and to the talented and inquisitive participants who welcomed me and helped make the workshop even more meaningful. Supported by @silolondon 🖤 @fluxfermentation 🤍 🪨🥚 BTS: I found the rock next to the venue near the train station. While I was carrying it back, a neighbor kept watching me suspiciously like, “What is she going to do with that giant rock?” I still can’t forget their expression. Travel tip: carrying rice koji and white eggshell powder will probably get you stopped at airport security.

The Condition of Efficiency: An Experiment in the Sense of Urgency, a live, participatory installation that contrasts the unseen, care-driven rhythms of the home with the high-pressure choreography of the professional kitchen. Visitors are invited to become temporary members of a kitchen while reflecting on how gender, hierarchy, and urgency shape our everyday relationship to food. A live programme, part of Focus On: Frankfurt Kitchen The kitchen has never just been about cooking. It’s where stories are shared, futures are imagined, care circulates, and culture is passed down through taste and touch. Almost a hundred years ago, the Frankfurt Kitchen set out to streamline the domestic sphere into efficiency; today, we stir things up. Step inside for an afternoon where food, labour, and design collide—where films, performances, and rituals spill out of the kitchen and into the Storehouse. At every turn, the ordinary is reframed as extraordinary. A meal becomes a ritual, seeds carry stories of resilience, utensils become vessels of history, and the smallest gestures—cooking, serving, sharing—reveal how cultures endure, adapt, and connect across borders. Text @vam_east Curators @___04mmmm @orubensalgado @brendanpcormier Thank you the team & visitors for making it happen and for all your support.

Graduate Feast ‘Navigation’ All the dishes represent different forms of navigation. In the past, specific geographic features, such as rocks, mountains, or distinctive tree lines, were used to mark locations and courses. We came up with the idea that a table full of edible navigators will invite young students to celebrate their achievements and provide structure for their next steps forward. Thank you for having me and letting me be part of such a special dinner! @storeprojects @gabythinksitfood @_tacoroma @andrew.gathercole Special thanks to my incredible team @silolondon 🤍

True zero waste, and an inspiring obsession with proving there’s always a way to challenge convention. Delicious lunch at @silolondon in Hackney, @mcmasterchef shows us how it’s done.

« Recap » Mtl en Lumière 2025 🌱✨ Pour une seconde année , nous avons eu la chance de poursuivre notre collaboration avec le premier restaurant zéro déchet au monde, Le Silo de Londres! Cette année, le festival eu pour thème de mettre les femmes à l’honneur, ce fut donc un réel plaisir d’accueillir parmi nous la cheffe Moonhyung Lee! En collaboration avec Noé et toute l’équipe, elle a créé un menu dégustation de 8 services axé sur les produits locaux, tout en mettant l’accent sur le circulaire et l’éco-responsabilité. Quelle semaine incroyable ce fut aux côtés de @moonherelee , et pour clore le tout, deux superbes soirées complètes en salle à manger! Merci à tous ceux qui ont répondu présents à nouveau cette année pour cette superbe expérience et pour nous confirmer que travailler localement et de manière logique vous tient autant à cœur que nous! 🌱❤️♻️

Here, we’ve got chairs and tables for everyone!

Othym recevra @moonherelee 🌱❤️♻️

Nous aurons à nouveau la chance de faire partie du volet gastronomique de Montréal en Lumière, et cette année, le thème est : les femmes à l’honneur! Il était donc tout naturel de poursuivre notre collaboration avec les chefs du Silo à Londres, et d’avoir l’honneur de recevoir la cheffe Moonhyung Lee! Noé, Moon et toute l’équipe d’Othym créeront une expérience culinaire extraordinaire, mettant en valeur les produits locaux, le tout dans une démarche axée sur la récupération des aliments et la minimisation des déchets. L’événement aura lieu le vendredi 28 février, ainsi que le samedi 1er mars prochain, en mode dégustation à l’aveugle! On vous laisse avec quelques clichés de l’an passé. Faites vite, les places seront limitées !

In late September in Belfast, I was invited to an alley on Rossmore Avenue for a workshop focused on foraging and preparing a community dinner, in collaboration with artist @phillipmccrilly and curator @cecelia_ac . Growing up in a city of concrete and having lived in an apartment my whole life, spending time in this alley—where everyone knows each other—was truly enlightening. It highlighted the importance of sharing knowledge, appreciating nature, and building a sense of community through food. During the two days of workshops and the dinner, Phil’s neighbor dropped off fresh vegetables and cooking equipment. @jake.turkington went fig leaf foraging for a dish we wanted to try, and the team at @boundarybrewing generously lent us tables and benches, as well as some refreshing beers. It felt incredibly special to be embraced by the community in such a short time. Everyone was eager to lend a hand and offer support. Aoife, the rising star of Rossmore Avenue, who drew the main graphic for our poster, even zipped over on her little scooter to share her thoughts!