Seminar Pencil Serves 35
Seminar Pencil Ingredients: 35 participants 5 loaves of bread 2 jars of peanut butter 2 jars of Jam 10 plastic knives 2 tables Large table cloth Preparation: The event is set up as per the diagram below
The tables should be set up and sandwiches made before the event.
Method: The organisation of the participants is key to this event as the creation of a divide between the organiser and the viewer is particularly important. Not as part of a hierarchy, but as to enable the rules of the game to form more effectively. Firstly you must show an artwork. Then take the artwork away. The idea is simply to reward the participants that ask a question of the artwork. Awarding them with peanut butter and jam sandwich can do this. When in receipt of a sandwich the inquirer feels pleased and this promotes the asking of questions. High order questions are seen as more effective but are not differentiated with reward. Enabling all thought processes to be seen as valid. Cooking time: Thirty minutes is the appropriate time for the creation of a solid dialogue. Providing for ideas to be entertained and then examined. Serving suggestions: Having more than one facilitator is useful, as the handing out of sandwiches is hard to do whilst another facilitator encourages the dialogue.
VCA Breakfast Serves 17
VCA Breakfast Ingredients: 17 participants 3 tables 25 chairs 30 Croissants 2 kg Bananas 500g Grapes 5 Aluminium trays 1 Photocopied publication 30 Paper plates 30 Polystyrene cups 2 cameras Preparation: The event is set up as per the diagram below
Method: The seating delineates the appropriate spaces and distances for participants, who are free to choose whomever they sit next to. They are able to choose from the food and drink that is served. However, they are directed in conversation by the publication - as it is the focus for their dialogue, just as an agenda would direct the focus of a business meeting. The idea of the ‘round’ table discussion is that there is no hierarchy and that all views are understood as equal and valued similarly. However, there is always a leader/adjudicator of this operation. Cooking time: Forty-five minutes is the appropriate time for a typical breakfast meeting. It allows the reading of the publication and discussion of surrounding ideas. Serving suggestions: Suggest that people should eat the food; it is not part of the sculpture. People should not be hesitant to be involved, all value judgements are appreciated. Make the table as small as possible to stop people hiding in the corners.
Incidental (Co)Incidents Serves 10
Incidental (Co)Incidents Ingredients: 10 participants 12 eggs 2 kg Bacon 500g Baked beans 1 packet Tetley tea bags 500ml Milk 2 loaves 2 tables 20 Plastic knives and forks 20 Paper plates 50 Serviettes 20 Polystyrene cups Preparation: The event is set up as per the diagram below
Method: Unlike most of the artworks in this series the cooking is actually part of the artwork. The conventions of giving food have many connotations, which this artwork plays upon and off. Giving a lecture whilst making the breakfast adds a different facet and eliminates the conversation about the artwork, until the food is prepared and is being consumed. When discussing the food/artwork different value systems come into play as the saltiness of the bacon raises just as much questioning as the value given to an artwork, or the weather. There is a hierarchy only in the relationship between the chef and the participant. With the questions ranging in outcome and relevance to artwork, outcomes vary and equality is reached very easily. Cooking time: Culinary expertise is one of the most important factors. It is the smells, which n encourage interaction with the chef and the kitchen arena. As long as you have d enough hot water and tea bags, conversation is limitless.. ions: Serving suggestions: ught up as a topic of conversation by Art work can be brought participants. Paths of discussion can be created through choosing who you invite to breakfast
META Interview with Warren Taylor Serves 16
Meta Interview with Warren Taylor Ingredients: 16 participants Publication 1 digital camera 2 sound recording devices 1 packet Doritos 1 packet Jaffas 1.25l Schweppes Agrum 1.25l Coca Cola 8 chairs 5 tables 20 Polystyrene cups Preparation: The event is set up as per the diagram below
Method: Collecting together participants in a circle of inappropriate furniture allows a shabby chic and relaxed feel to a meeting. This allows for conversation to be obscure without too much pretention. All snacks are to be eaten before the interviewee arrives as to not disturb the sound recording. This intermittent period allows for reading of printed publication, and discussion to surround this. When the interviewee arrives, construct questions that relate to subject matter that is in the publication (inserted). Therefore, relating to previous topics of conversation. This encourages participants to interject when others are speaking and eliminate the roles of singular interviewer and interviewee. In this way a range of knowledge’s and topics can be addressed. Cooking time: 30 minutes is the appropriate time for a grilling of one individual. Serving suggestions: Pre determined questions could lead the conversation in a particular direction. As a general rule, stions are a good way to start an interview so however, specific questions that all participants feel more at ease.
Meeting Space for Organisation of World Domination by Short People Who Have Too Much of an Ego Serves 10
Meeting Space for Organisation of World Domination by Short People Who Have Too Much of an Ego.
Ingredients: 10 participants 10 chairs 3 large tables 20 bagels 300 sheets of paper 10 pencils 10 pens Bagel recipe printed Tea, coffee, milk etc
Preparation: The event is set up as per the diagram below
Method: The organisation of the participants prior to the start of the event is key. Bake bagels and arrange the table for all participants to be able to sit down and prepare themselves. These participants are called Agents, and are not allowed to verbally communicate throughout the event. They should be given two stacks of paper, a pencil and a biro. The left hand stack is for writing comments about the piece, and the right is for communicating, simply through symbols. The second set of participants is then invited to join the event and they are described as Visitors. These Visitors are able to watch over the Agents but cannot communicate with them, they can only comment to other Visitors about conversations that the Agents appear to be holding. Cooking time: Forty-five minutes is the appropriate time for a typical y gy to be created and then begin g to be used. conversation symbology
Serving suggestions: suggestion ns: Table should be made as small as possible to enable communication between all inner participants; Agents.