The Ciba Punch

Manhattan, NY, 2022/9
Irvine, CA, 2023/5
Brooklyn, NY, 2024/9
Queens, NY, 2024/9

Rooted in a feminist ethics of care, the Ciba Punch subverts the Chinese traditional ciba-making (food-making) process and reveals the often-hidden domestic labor performed by womxn. By punching, chanting, making together, this collective performance of 20 Chinese feminists reclaims our own definitions of (em)power(ment) from patriarchal definitions of force and gendering. Together, we reimagine a powerful yet non-punitive way of community building and healing.