Tofu Drink
2016

TofuDrink is an interative and performative installation. It can be used to produce a traditional soja drink. 

Medium: wood, ceramic, textile, glass

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In a traditianal tofu atelier, a man is filtering the sojy drink

The filtering module of the “Tofu Drink” installation represent this operational step in a performative way.



Tofu Drink is an installation that translates the food-­making process into a performative and interactive experience. Each module represents a processing step, and by going through all the steps, the visitors can see how a bowl of beans is transformed into a bowl of drink.


The installation consists of 7 functional modules
Part 1 – Soaking the beans
Part 2 – Blending
Part 3 – Blending
Part 4 – Heating up
Part 5 – Cooling down
Part 6 – Filtering & Adding coagulation
Part 7 – Adding ingredients

One portion of tofu drink material

One portion of finished tofu drink














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