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Where the Secret Sauce is Spilled by Children: Mattancherry’s Kitchen Alchemy

Where the Secret Sauce is Spilled by Children: Mattancherry’s Kitchen Alchemy

Most kitchens are ruled by parents. In a small corner of Fort Kochi, the kids have taken over the menu—and the memories.

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Kitchen Alchemy, a live multi-sensory installation returning to Forplay Society, is flipping the script. It reimagines the domestic kitchen not as a chore-filled room, but as a "relational site." Here, the steam from a pot isn't just cooking rice; it's carrying stories across generations.

The Art of the Every Day

Collaborative artists Aruvi Eleanor, Arivu Ilango, Arunima O P, and Arjun S Sasikumar have crafted a world where the textures of daily life—the grind of a mortar and pestle, the stain of turmeric on a countertop—become a mode of inquiry.

Credits: Arshad

Why the Kids are in Charge

The most radical part of this installation? It centers children as the primary narrators. By foregrounding child-authored drawings, gestures, and non-linear storytelling, Kitchen Alchemy challenges the rigid, "adult-centric" way we usually record history.

It’s a reminder that a child’s memory of a meal is often more vivid, sensory, and honest than any recipe book.

Details

If you’re in Fort Kochi, pull up a chair. The alchemy is in the togetherness.

Forplay society

Bazaar Road, Mattancherry (Opposite OED Gallery)

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Did you know? Only 27% of Dutch sailors who came to Cochin ever made it back home — Between 1740-1795, nearly 400,000 people left Europe for Asia, but only about 112,800 returned. The 8-month voyage was treacherous.
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