This performance art appealed to me immediately! The guard explained the process to me rather apologetically, it seemed. It must have presented as a bit weird to him. He said that a hot takeaway meal was brought in…as the little sign on the table stated. Then some lucky gallery visitors and a guard or two shared a meal. It happened between strangers in a public place.
The process involved sitting down with an unfamiliar person to eat food – that you haven’t prepared – in a situation that does not feel comfortable. This presents as a difficult dinner party for certain. It is also one I would have liked to have been part of. Still, I have my own party coming up soon. Hope there is someone else – at least one other person – to eat with there…at gallery Nan Giese…in Darwin
What do you do with food made by strangers and eaten with strangers? Many of us do this every day at restaurants or sometimes even in our own home. How much do you know the people you break bread with?