Burgerheaven

John Beagles and Graham Ramsay – Burgerheaven
November 06, 2002
perfromance, installation

Burgerheaven explores aspects of consumer culture and desire, focussing on the cult of celebrity and fast food. Beagles and Ramsay will construct an installation that resembles a fully operational fast food restaurant with a video component at YYZ. The opening night will feature a performance by Beagles and Ramsay. Beagles and Ramsay will present an artist talk discussing their practice with specific reference to contemporary Scottish and British artists. (source)

Eat my heart out

Sejla Kameric – Eat my heart out

Public project, Manciano, Italy
16 March 2002
 

Text taken from the artists website:

“Dedicated to the memory of my father who was killed in

Sarajevo on the 16th March, 1993.

An exhibition / public art project was opened on 16 March 2002 in the small town of Manciano, Italy. In the streets and in the main square, Manciano residents set up tables on which were served local wine and culinary specialties. In addition to all this food, visitors could also try heart-shaped rolls that were prepared by a local bakery according to my instructions. The rolls were served on napkins that were printed with photographs taken in Sarajevo between 1992 and 1995 – these images were taken from the documentary film, “Do you remember Sarajevo.” That day, over food and drink, with mixed feelings of happiness and sadness, we spoke of love and war, life and death; and we remembered Sarajevo. Photographs documenting this work are still displayed in the bakeries of Manciano.”

Breads from Egypt

Egyptian protester with bread helmet

2011
 

About making bread and revolution in Egypt.

bread head egypt

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Street-artist ‘Ganzeer’ and other activist-artists

Mural 
Cairo, Egypt – 2011

A mural portraying a bicyclist holding a tray of bread, a familiar food in Cairo known as aish, a word that also means “life.” Facing off the bicyclist was a tank with a soldier in the gun turret, aiming at the bread.

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