Barbara Holub / Group XVIII, Apr 04 - Sept 04

MANDATORY

9/7/04 to 9/9/04

MAK Center at the Schindler House

Transparadiso, the team of Barbara Holub and Paul Rajakovics, offered "Plastique Bertrand," a performative work. Working in the format of an “art fundraising dinner,” the artists examined the elements that made up this kind of social event, from physical logistics to etiquette, the art market, and what goes on “under the table.” The artists staged this exclusive event during the opening, conspicuously relegating most attendees to the “uninvited.” Dinner guests enacted rituals such as toasts scripted by Holub and Rajakovics and focused on absurd elements, including foodstuffs, ludicrous behavior and communications. Relics of the performance, including artist-designed place mats with inscribed dinner conversations, remained on exhibition.