"There are things that are made to be looked at, and then there are other things that require more than just looking and walking around them,"
"There are still drinks to be had at the bar, and people to get drunk with, which is an experience you can't get on the Internet." -Rirkrit Tiravanija
Many formalities come with art galleries, namely do not touch and do not eat which are both integral parts of Tiravanija's work. The human interaction between himself and the participants seems to be what he most enjoys, in 1992 he installed a makeshift kitchen in the empty office of gallery 303 and made people curry. People could come and go as they pleased during the exhibition and share a meal with others for free. His early installations involved cooking meals for gallery-goers. I love how he makes dinner for people, and they wonder what they are supposed to do, eat it? Give something back to him? His work goes from passive viewing to active participation which is something I value in an artwork. This work reminds me a lot of Dana Lee's second year sculpture work where she delivered letters to people so I will see if I can talk to her about it she will have some good ideas. from memory she struggled to get people to participate initially, and found documenting it to be quite hard.
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