PERFORMANCE INSTALLATION HANDPAINTED TYPOGRAPHY VIDEO WORK
Careful it’s hot
YEAR2024
DEVELOPED FOR
Exhibition ‘Popote’, Espace Dukat
PERFORMANCE TIME
∼12 minutes
CONSTRUCTION
Vincent Grange, 1/2 of Souplex Atelier
ASSISTANCEElisa Bonami
PHOTO CREDITS
MATERIALWood, MDF, Acrylic Paint, Table mat, Basic kitchen disposable cutlery, video
You eat the food she offers because it seems authentic, the person selling it seems authentic. But is it really?
and tells everyone the story of her life.
everyone interested.
The street stall claimed to be selling three famous Indian street snacks: Bhelpuri (puffed rice snack), Aloo Tikki (fried potato snack) and Paneer Tikka (cubes of Indian cottage cheese).
As the customers excitedly ate the ‘Indian’ food served, they realised that the flavours were quite similar to their home cuisine and were quite confused.
It was because Swiss-European food was served to customers, that looked similar to their Indian counterparts, packaged the Indian way, tricking the customers. They were served charcuterie, instead of bhelpuri, rosti instead of aloo tikki and blocks of gruyere cheese instead of paneer tikka.
5. Intentional usage of props to mimic authentic Indian street food space experience.