Ahvacatl:

Ahvacatl seeks to explore the opportunities of circular economies by using alternative production methods and to activate conversations about waste in the food and textile industries.

Since 2017, Fragmentario has partnered with various New York based restaurants to collect their avocado seeds that would otherwise become waste and used them instead to deadstock silk and linen fabrics.

The project borrows its name from the word for avocado used by Aztecs in México before the colonization of the Americas. It was transformed into “aguacate” by the Spanish colonizers and then evolved into the English word “avocado”.

Model:

Julia Fajardo at Elite Models

Stylist:

David Gómez-Villamediana

Photos:

Manuel Zuñiga

Hair & Make-Up Artist:

Ayaka Nihei

Assistant:

Léa Bonnet, Griffin Moore

Brooklyn, New York

2017 - Ongoing

Partner Restaurats:

2017:

Avocaderia

2018:

Barrio Chino
Food Story
Emily J
L-mo's Market
Brooklyn's Natural

2019:

Food Story

Guacuco

2020:

Cosme

Food Story

2021:

Food Story