Ben Janssen

The Table Dreams Far From Home

Photography
2026
"The Table Dreams Far From Home" is an exploration of immigrant culture, diaspora, and mixed cultural households through food and related objects.

“Growing up in a mixed-cultural (Dutch/Indonesian) household, foods and tableware from both cultures were a common sight for me. The European tableware, Indonesian batik fabrics, and foods used in these images express this cultural hybridity through the shared human language of food.”

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The Table Dreams Far From Home
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The Table Dreams Far From Home
The Table Dreams Far From Home
The Table Dreams Far From Home
The Table Dreams Far From Home
The Table Dreams Far From Home
The Table Dreams Far From Home
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2026, Pentimento III
Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
2026, Rhythms
Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto, Canada.

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Ben Janssen

Photography

“My work investigates how identity is both constructed and deconstructed, revealing the layers of lived experience and inherited culture that shape who we are.”