The Borrowed Kazan

Jane, Fritzie, Susie and I wandered into the bazaar and suddenly we came upon The Borrowed Kazan, the project by Daniel, Zhenara, and Jerome.  The project centrally featured a makeshift restaurant that fused local and international culinary traditions.  The Kazan, which offered low-cost bazaar-priced meals to locals, was touching in its details and conceptual simplicity. Local artists had contributed the art on the walls, artisans had forged the grill and painted the restaurant’s sign, others had volunteered to work in the restaurant for the week.  Profits from the restaurant benefi

ted an artist who was starting an art school for local youth. I recall first coming into the restaurant 

and tearing as I saw how the project had folded in the efforts of so many...