Weeds

Weeds action, video stills Location: living room, kitchen Materials: mountain weeds and greens, a knife, plastic sheet, 2 plastic bags, Borrowed from the house to make happen: 1 plastic utensil, 1 pot, 2 liters of water, electricity, 2 forks, 2 plates, olive oil (gift*), 2 lemons (gift*), salt Duration: approximately 3 hours Action: He brought a bag with greens and weeds he gathered from the wild He cut the unwanted parts, told me their names, washed them, boiled them and we ate them.

Comments: on the names of each weed and the name of the area from which he picked those. ‘No one ever thought me how to recognize each of the weeds. I just knew them.’ Nikos Gikas * gifts from other visitors