Melon: #1: On Foraging in Palestine, Japan & Maastricht

by Asako Iwama & Alaa Abu Asad

Languauge: English

Melon #1: On Foraging in Palestine, Japan & Maastricht looks at foraging as more than a means of survival—it’s a quiet, everyday act of resistance. From occupied Palestine to rural Japan and urban Maastricht, foraging reveals how access to land, freedom of movement, and alternative ways of living are deeply entangled. In contested or urbanized landscapes, it becomes a way to reclaim connection—with nature, place, and one another. 

Authors:

Asako Iwama does drawing, cooking, beekeeping, caring for a 6-year-old, field trips, tracing, sampling, and (re)modeling. Worked at Studio Olafur Eliasson from 2005 to 2014. She co-edited ‘Studio Olafur Eliasson: The Kitchen’ in 2013.

Alaa Abu Asad is an artist, researcher, and photographer. Language and plants are central themes through which he develops alternative trajectories where values of (re)presentation, translation, viewing, reading, and understanding can intersect.

• Publisher: Limestone Books (Maastricht, Netherlands)
• City: Maastricht, Netherlands
• Year: 2025
• Pages: 32 p.
• Dimensions: 13.5 x 10 cm.
• Cover: Paperback
• Binding: Stitch Bound
• Process: Risograph
• Color: Duotone, Monochrome