Narrative Gastronomers
Food is our medium, and we use it to ask questions, make meaning, and tell compelling stories.
Cosmophage Collective is the twin project of artist and storyteller Jemma Rose Brown and chef and experience designer Jimmy Tran.
We create tailored, thematic dishes, meals, and edible environments for events. We respond to and articulate ideas (a clothing line, an artwork, a love story) through the language of food.
Cosmophage has created performances on Governors Island, in Prospect Park, at Future Space in Bushwick, Parfumarie, and in the homes of friends. Their work has been featured in Fungi Magazine and was awarded a 2021 NYFA City Arts Corps Grant.
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Jemma Rose Brown is a conceptual artist and producer. Her practice is shaped by a career working in radio and podcasting, and a deep fascination with personal narratives.
What are the stories we tell about who we are? How can they be rewritten? Her tactile works interplay multiple mediums—interview, cooking, scent and audio storytelling—to challenge ideas of proximity and distance.
Jimmy Tran is an anti-disciplinary experience designer and practitioner of the applied arts.
His contributions are a unique concatenation of his immersive studies in architecture, gastronomy, environmental design, physical computing, textile science, oenology, and horticulture. He seeks to tailor human experiences by engaging each of the senses and addressing a deeper level of consciousness.
Key Contributors
Q Nguyen is an angler, bon vivant, tea purveyor, and contributing playwright for Cosmophage Collective. As the liaison for kindness and connection, he explores and cultivates the sources, distribution, and recipients of care and love. His written words seek to link generations, dimensions, space, and paradigms.