I recontextualized an urban space, through the use of food served on a busy street corner to both neighbors and strangers, into a community based public place. I also recontextualized the action of cooking by placing it outside of a domestic sphere. I transgressed rules of normal street behavior and I redefined the role of artist in a community that associates artists only with traditional art forms, i.e. sculpture and painting.A secondary part of the project involved the participation of the community in making a special tablecloth for the table used in the street event, completely covered with pearls.
Full Description
I recontextualized an urban space, through the use of food served on a busy street corner to both neighbors and strangers, into a community based public place. I also recontextualized the action of cooking by placing it outside of a domestic sphere. I transgressed rules of normal street behavior and I redefined the role of artist in a community that associates artists only with traditional art forms, i.e. sculpture and painting.A secondary part of the project involved the participation of the community in making a special tablecloth for the table used in the street event, completely covered with pearls.
Work metadata
- Year Created: 2005
- Submitted to ArtBase: Friday Apr 15th, 2005
- Original Url: http://mariasaraceno.com/
- Permalink: http://archive.rhizome.org/artbase/31770/performances.html
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Work Credits:
- Maria Saraceno, creator
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