What is Omusubi?
Omusubi is a Japanese rice ball filled with different ingredients. “Musubi” means “Tie/Join/Connect/Unite”.
Stories of Roots uses Omusubi as a canvas. Canvas for peopel to express their stories. As the stories are different in everyone, the recipe is never the same.
Stories of Roots uses Omusubi as a canvas. Canvas for peopel to express their stories. As the stories are different in everyone, the recipe is never the same.
We are Stories of Roots
Stories of Roots (SoR) is a socially-engaged-artwork aiming to bring a shift against racism and any other social oppression.
SoR invites you to explore people’s stories. We offer Omusubi and its workshops. It is a place where people meet different people.
Through making or eating Omusubi, people will embrace relational, cultural and symbolic values of identities of yourself as well as others. SoR believes knowing the stories enables us to re-humanize.
SoR invites you to explore people’s stories. We offer Omusubi and its workshops. It is a place where people meet different people.
Through making or eating Omusubi, people will embrace relational, cultural and symbolic values of identities of yourself as well as others. SoR believes knowing the stories enables us to re-humanize.
Workshop & Omusubi
Share your stories
(Workshop of Omusubi)
Make Omusubi based on your stories!
SoR offers different types of workshop to explore your stories of roots.
We work with differenet communities such as ethnic communities, galleries, schools, companies or individuals.
more about workshop →
(Workshop of Omusubi)
Make Omusubi based on your stories!
SoR offers different types of workshop to explore your stories of roots.
We work with differenet communities such as ethnic communities, galleries, schools, companies or individuals.
more about workshop →
Know other stories
(Different Recipe of Omusubi)
Enjoy Omusubi stories!
What kind of Omusubi do you like? The stories (ingredients) are various!
Here are some stories.
more about stories→
(Different Recipe of Omusubi)
Enjoy Omusubi stories!
What kind of Omusubi do you like? The stories (ingredients) are various!
Here are some stories.
more about stories→
How did SoR start?
SoR was started by Miyu Yamamoto (Heo), a socially engaged artist, using food as her art tool to enhance intercultural understanding.
Based on her difficult time back in a school age, her urge has been to change the society to open for diversity. After her study in Education and working experienve in various Educational fields, she started Stories of Roots as a part of her research in Master Artist Educator in the Netherlands. Her research focuses on sensational activities using body/mind as not separation, and an empathic pedagogy to make a shift.
Based on her difficult time back in a school age, her urge has been to change the society to open for diversity. After her study in Education and working experienve in various Educational fields, she started Stories of Roots as a part of her research in Master Artist Educator in the Netherlands. Her research focuses on sensational activities using body/mind as not separation, and an empathic pedagogy to make a shift.
