Behind The Seen is a collective—formed around an ethos of gatherings rooted in nourishment, reciprocity, and care. Formed by Ananya Sebastian, Divya Balivada, Jess Hollis, Nasrah Omar, Shythira Rajkumar, and Zahra Mascolo, we extend an open invitation to all: come as you are, with your appetite, your stories, partake in the offerings.

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We believe in the magic of collaboration, how reciprocal gestures can weave networks of healing. Our initiative, Recipes of Healing, is not just an art and cultural project—it is a table around which memory, ritual, and resistance are served. It intertwines food with personal and collective narratives, stirring together themes of belonging, ancestry, ecology, and identity.

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At its heart lies an immersive installation: a dining circle shaped from materials that echo our plural roots. Around it, we gather to share recipes not merely for sustenance, but for healing. These become rituals, acts of remembrance, of transformation, of care.

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The project resists permanence. Each iteration unfolds in spaces charged with personal, spiritual, or decolonial meaning. What is consumed and metabolized here is more than food, although it’s the critical element, the gatherings foreground food as a powerful medium for storytelling and reconnection to our roots.

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Through shared meals and intimate dialogue, Recipes of Healing becomes a sanctuary—a space to reflect, to digest layered histories, and to reimagine futures where food is medicine, memory, and communion. Here, the act of eating becomes an act of becoming together.