Woooah...Rikrit is pretty awe-some :D

I have been writing about the other text a lot lately, so I think it's time to switch it up and share my thoughts on "In the Making." This week's article about Rikrit Tiravanija was so interesting. I'm not sure I quite understood everything about this artist's creations, but I did think they were pretty cool. This artist worked with familiar, everyday activities (p.102) such as sharing a meal. He would set up an exhibit in a museum, and leave food or maybe just ingredients to entice people to sit, eat, and talk. This was most interesting as the article mentioned that such things are not allowed in a museum. It was also mentioned in reference to the exhibit that the silverware made available to his subjects was disposable. Rikrit said this is because he did not want normal people to be intimidated by his works; he didn't want them to feel it was too sophisticated for them. I also liked the fact that Rikrit was not pressured into producing new work; it was mentioned that he ran the same exhibit for three years.

However, the dining setup was not the only exhibit of its kind from Rikrit. He also had an exhibit featuring people living in the museum. People were encouraged to eat, sleep, and possibly even bath inside the museum. It was a nice thought, but it made the museum remain open 24 hours a day, which is certainly not a normal practice. I also found it interesting that Rikrit cared little whether his exhibit was ruined by his subjects. He seemed not to care about rules or consequences. Rikrit has reproduced these exhibits in many major cities and has broken many barriers in the art world in doing so.