奚建军与蔡元行为西红柿与酱油在Louisinia
Using everyday condiments, which are common associations of Eastern and Western consumption, the performance comments on identity in a globalised culture using raw materials and the artists’ bodies. In viewing the fight we are confronted with ambivalence. The spectacle is presented as a source of fascination and mixed feelings, raising questions about cultural expectations, interactions between ‘high’ art and popular culture, displacement and our response to viewing the other.
Using everyday condiments, which are common associations of Eastern and Western consumption, the performance comments on identity in a globalised culture using raw materials and the artists’ bodies. In viewing the fight we are confronted with ambivalence. The spectacle is presented as a source of fascination and mixed feelings, raising questions about cultural expectations, interactions between ‘high’ art and popular culture, displacement and our response to viewing the other.
