A collection that turns into a selection

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Fresh c u t g rass

by Vasiliki Sifostratoudaki with Dora Economou

- How Old are you?

- 17.

- How Long have you been 17?

- A While. So Do ask me the Important Question. WHAT DO WE EAT? I eat meats. I like things that once walked and I like things that once swam the best. I enjoy scaling them, I enjoy gutting them, I enjoy cooking them and I enjoy having them. But I never do their eyes. I don’t prefer things that once flew. I’m afraid of birds. I eat tomatoes, I love lettuces, cucumbers, garlics, eggplants, parsleys, artichokes, mints, cabbages, corianders, and greens. I’m not too fond of peppers but they come in colors. Not too fond on potatoes but they grow underground and are firm. The tastier vegetables are the ugliest. There are two exceptions I’m conscious of: carrots and zucchinis. I love their flowers. My mom said the secret to good food is abundance of onions. I eat lots of breads, rices, fats and pastas. I’m not into them but I can feel them filling me in different ways. Not much of a sweets person either, have not tooth in general, but ‘d love to site favorite fruit. Let’s go: cherries, oranges, apples and bananas, papayas, apples, passions and pines, apricots, peaches, grapes and figs, melons, pears and waters.

Everything is better with salt.

I eat distances, latitudes and longitudes, friends, loves and times. I eat my time. But I do have a while to eat myself.

Today I turned forty. I will be forty for a while. On this date in Turkey on nine five am they all pause for sixty seconds. To honor their Ataturk who died on the date on nine five am a while ago. It’s been a while now that they haven’t liked him at all. He did have the most gorgeous blue fields for eyes though. I’ve only ever seen black and white pictures of him.

Dora Economou, 10 Nov, 2014

Dora Economou COLD EARTH 2014, Plasticine, 100 x 100 x 4 cm

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