How Black Food Futurist NiaLeeSaySo Gets It Done
Illustration: Lauren Tamaki You’d think that spearheading creative marketing campaigns for Netflix would leave a person with very little time to devote to their passion projects. Not so for Nia Lee, who in addition to leading 360-degree marketing campaigns at the mega-streamer is a chef and performance artist. There’s Stormé Supper Club, a radical dinner series created and run by Lee, which centers Black queer women, femmes, and gender expansive folks.
Ultimately, I see so much of my work as installation and am inspired by the likes of Rirkrit [Tiravanija], for example, whose piece titled “Untitled: Free” explored new ways for the viewer to interact with and create contemporary art by serving people rice and Thai vegetable curry in a gallery space. The experimental, installation dinners that I’m doing are directly tied back to my heritage as a Black American in this country and my identity as a queer person.
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