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Soupe Populaire 1
Basis for the first soup is Nicolas Bourriauds Relational Aesthetics. In this text he defines the approach simply as, "...a set of artistic practices which take as their theoretical and practical point of departure the whole of human relations and their social context, rather than an independent and private space..." It was cooked the exact number of letters and eaten. The action is a collaboration with Jina Valentine and takes place at Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris.


Soupe Populaire 2
Visitors record actions of the last few days and take the individual letters in a soup pot. Later, they are eaten together.The action takes place at Nextex/Visarte in St.Gallen, Switzerland.



Photography: Stefan Rohner