Jia Zhihan (Dot), living in the UK, is currently keen to learn Vietnamese. She was born in Jiaxing and grew up in Vancouver, Portland, Vienna and Bremen. There is a humanistic dog at home called barley. Jiaying Kou (jiaying), based in London, aside from working in the art industry, she is passionate about watching movies, walking and cooking for the people around her, sharing food and taking care of each other. Instagram: chan_magazine Chan Chán Website: chanmagazine.com Chan Chán, a magazine born between the dinner table Friends' dinner table People's emotions are often connected by food, and the meaning of food may not be just the food itself. Dot and Jiaying are good friends.
They are the project initiators of "Chán" and the editors of this magazine. During the lockdown of London in early 2021, Dot often traveled halfway across London to Jiaying's house. Friends chat together, sit around the table, drink hot soup, eat braised vegetables and drink. "Chan Chan" was born at such a dining table. To a certain extent, doing a magazine together has allowed Illustrator Art Work them to connect more with people, and it has also become a bond of friendship between them. It might be labelled as a publication related to food, women, queer or the Chinese community in the UK, but on closer inspection there are more than just those keywords. Flip through this non-reading book of Chán,
And you can find recipes, family albums, poetry, or photography. They and 17 creators, starting from taste memory, interpret the meaning of food to individuals or groups in their own way, and found an antidote against loneliness under the epidemic. * P: Let’s start from the beginning. Both of you are from art history. Can you tell us about the origin of this independent publication? Jiaying: At the beginning of the lockdown, dot often came to our house for dinner. At that time, we both really wanted to make a publication and make something of our own. Because there is nothing to do in the lockdown,