MealingMartí Guixé
| Nov ’09 |
| 14 |
| 6:00 pm |
For designer Martí Guixé, the word “mealing” describes the act of eating a meal, as well as the social concept of a relational meal. Mealing is a three-hour performance and meal-in-motion for approximately 80 people. Participants will be given ceramic glasses with “edible microsnacks” adhered to their surface and instructions for eating them while performing small gestures that will require each person to interact with their fellow diners.
Martí Guixé is a Catalan designer living in Barcelona and Berlin. He graduated in interior design from Elisava in Barcelona in 1985 and enrolled in an industrial design study in the Scuola Polytecnica di Design di Milano in 1986. In 1997, as a statement against the limited scope of the traditional designer and to open up new possibilities for the industry Guixé started an ex-designer movement, defining himself by the same name. He formulated a new way to understand the culture of products, exhibiting work characterized by the search for new product systems, the introduction of design in food ambits and presentation through performance.
Commissioned and presented by Performa. Curated by Esa Nickle. Supported by the State Corporation for Spanish Cultural Action Abroad.
6-9pm
Tickets: $25 / $20 Performa Members
