Eat

Photos and materials are available at the Getty Research Institute (Los Angeles, California, the USA).

The happening took place in a sparsely lit large cave. Its participants were invited to taste various meals and drinks, and a mysterious and even ominous atmosphere was achieved thanks to the metronome ticking in the rhythm of the human heart. Some dishes were prepared directly during the performance; for example, a girl fried banana pancakes on a stove and treated them to everyone. The performance was designed in such a way as to arouse the most opposite feelings in visitors, such as curiosity, bewilderment, anxiety and a sense of the unreality of what was happening.