In a multi-week process, the artist Michael Fesca creates a 5-piece tableware made of plasticine – delicate vessels for food and beverages, which can be deformed with every touch and never fully substantiated. The result is a soft, oily image of the “good dishes” (das Gute Geschirr), which in turn is used for the ritual use of an evening. The dishes may be used only once, but they are being deformed by it and become dirty. The strange material irritates the user. The gray plasticine, plastic material par excellence, remains soft, just as the food that is being served.
Specifically for this dinnerware dilettantin produktionsbüro create a colorful five-course meal, whose individual courses are being prepared over a period of several hours right in front of the evening guests and are being served without cutlery.
A situation is created marked by contradictions: on the one hand, the material of the tableware with its gray color and smell of plasticine is rather repellent, on the other hand, the fragrant, colorful food is very seducing. Ultimately a new sensual experience of eating is being created as the guests approach the food carefully, using their hands and/or flavorless crackers. The used plates are collected on the long side of the table and exhibited.
The performance is conceived as an ongoing and transformative series at different locations.
Menu I
Fresh Goat Cheese with Grape Confit
II Cucumber Soup with Papaya, Mint & Bacon
II Cucumber Soup with Papaya, Mint & Bacon
III Shrimp in Ginger Spice Jam on Safran Risotto
IV Pikeperch fillet with Chili Spice Jam
and Mashed Potato Beeds
V Quark Mini Tartlet with Orange Mousse
V Quark Mini Tartlet with Orange Mousse
and Lavender Spice Jam
Image by Sandy Volz, 2011
Image by Sandy Volz, 2011
Image by Sandy Volz, 2011
Image by Sandy Volz, 2011
Image by Sandy Volz, 2011
Image by Sandy Volz, 2011
Image by Sandy Volz, 2011
Image by Sandy Volz, 2011