Street Eats Menu, 2005


Street Eats, 2005
Kunstraum Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Approx 2 hours, after all food was consumed
In collaboration with Darius Jones

This performance was staged in the Kunstraum, Bethanien located in Kreuzberg. Kreuzberg, before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, was in an isolated position with its eastern parts almost entirely surrounded by the Wall. This area consequently had cheap rents and attracted lower-income families as well as squatters from the radical left. Our idea was to take the cash budget provided to us by the exhibition space and cook for the locals during the duration of the opening. The names of the items on the menu are based on Darius Jones, Swoon, Quenell Jones (see “Public Discourse” in the Shop) and myself. After the food was fully consumed, we closed the shop and hung a sign which read, “Geshlossen, Kein Geld”