Rirkrit Tiravanija @ Cultural Ctr tonight & MCA this Sat

Rirkrit Tiravanija, an artist who has used food very prominently in his work (most famously to cook and serve Thai food to gallery visitors) is going to be speaking on a panel this Saturday at the Museum of Contemporary Art. It should be a very interesting talk. The panel is actually on the legacy of Gordon Matta-Clark (whose known mainly for his work with architecture and negative space but who helped found the restaurant "Food" in SoHo in the early '70s), so the discussion won't be centered on food, but food-related issues will likely come up.

People Who Shape Our World: Gordon Matta-Clark's Legacy
Saturday, February 2, 1 pm
MCA Theater
To reserve tickets call: 312.397.4010
(There's a $3 handling fee per order but otherwise the talk is free.)

Way to bring relational aesthetics to LTH, happy_stomach!
Rirkrit will also speak on his own tonight at the Cultural Center. Info from http://chicagoreader.com:

Artist Rirkrit Tiravanija talks about his early “food-based pad-thai happenings” and his work with a self-sustaining artists’ community in Thailand, Wed 1/30, 6 PM, Chicago Cultural Center, Claudia Cassidy Theater, 78 E. Washington, 312-744-6630 or http://chicagoculturalcenter.org

Jefe wrote:Way to bring relational aesthetics to LTH, happy_stomach!
Rirkrit will also speak on his own tonight at the Cultural Center. Info from http://chicagoreader.com:

Artist Rirkrit Tiravanija talks about his early “food-based pad-thai happenings” and his work with a self-sustaining artists’ community in Thailand, Wed 1/30, 6 PM, Chicago Cultural Center, Claudia Cassidy Theater, 78 E. Washington, 312-744-6630 or http://chicagoculturalcenter.org

Great! I missed the listing for the Cultural Center talk. I can't make it tonight, but I heard him speak on the food happenings (though I don't like that designation) when I was a student at Columbia. He's a super interesting guy--definitely worth hearing him on his own. I'm very excited about the panel on Saturday.