Repast is an exploration of everyday practice as a template of personal encounter. The work is a reflection on the ritualism of food and its role in nourishing interpersonal relationships and in the construction of collective identity. A host attempts to create an assimilated space where she hospitably prepares a meal and in the process is forced to challenge the conventions of the activity. The functional practice is made expressive to uncover a personal narrative through the associative value of food.

Salwa Aleryani (Yemen) is among few of the younger generation of artists working from the region. In 2009, she was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and is currently working towards an MFA in Painting. Her work revolves around the identity of space and how we mark our surroundings through repetition and routine to set up places of comfort. Sasha Zuwolinsky (Peru-Costa Rica) is a filmmaker and video artist, awarded Fulbright Scholar; currently earning an MFA in Film and Television. As a video artist, she is interested in the possibilities of the screen as a medium of involvement. Her work explores the relationship between medium and audience, the nature of experience, and the emotional possibilities of the filmic experience.