Chacha's Research on Rirkrit Tiravanija and Elmgreen & Dragset

                 Rirkrit Tiravanija 
           

                untitled 1992/1995 (free/still)

                         MOMA
             

A piece by Rirkrit Tiravanija is about human interactions. He transformed a gallery space into a place where audience would come in and be a part of his art. Rirkrit would cooked Thai curry for free and serve it to anyone visiting the gallery. After the audience got the food, they would sit/stand and chat to each other,making new friends, or talking to their love ones, socializing. The interactions, socialization is the key. He have also provide them with a topic to discuss, the delicious green curry. After they are done, the audience have experience; good food, good discussion, and good time. 

Elmgreen and Dragset

‘The Collectors’

Danish and Nordic Pavilion

The story of a kinky bachelor named Mr. B. and his collection of contemporary art and his ex-lovers’ swim wear. Transforming two pavilion into domestic settings. Expressing oneself in this case is Mr. B’s identity through physical object he collects.

CURIOSITY : The urge to know  (WHAT HAPPEN NEXT?, WHO IS MR.B, IS HE A PSYCHO?, HOW WAS HE MURDERED? WHO KILLED HIM?, WHY DID HE DIED?, WHAT ARE ALL HIS COLLECTIONS ABOUT?)

MOVIE ANALYSIS 

KEYWORDS FROM ARTISTS AND MOVIES: INTERACTIONS, EXPERIENCES, CURIOSITY, DESIRE, FORBIDDEN