0,5 + 0,5 = 1
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The happening 0,5 + 0,5 = 1 took place in a soup restaurant in Prague called polévku.cz (Krymska 39). We chose to work with the place where we were going to eat out together occasionally. It was our habit. Our idea was to construct an unexpected situation in a place which has a very clear daily routine. We saw the saleswoman having developed the very repetitive movements - pouring soup into the bowl, giving bread for the customers, working with the cash register – only the types of soup were what varied most there. We decided to break this routine, intervening into the semi-public space, changing small details in the routine so that the place would have our personal touch.
We asked the saleswoman to take part in our happening.
On the 7th of December 2017, we invited a group of artists to go for the usual lunch in the soup restaurant. And, when we were there, the saleswoman started to act according to our instructions. Every time when someone from our group bought a soup and paid for it, the saleswoman gave him/her only half of the portion of the soup, telling that “If you finish this, then you can get the other half”. So everyone from the group had to return to the saleswoman, to get another half of their meal.
Our idea was to bring in some home atmosphere into a semi-public space, to perturb the habits and routines formed by both the customers and the salesperson. The soup itself evoked for us the memories from childhood about learning the discipline related to food at home– that the food has value, you should always respect it and never throw it away. As a result, we wanted to make people relate to the casual moment of parents serving food for their children at home.
We asked the saleswoman to take part in our happening.
On the 7th of December 2017, we invited a group of artists to go for the usual lunch in the soup restaurant. And, when we were there, the saleswoman started to act according to our instructions. Every time when someone from our group bought a soup and paid for it, the saleswoman gave him/her only half of the portion of the soup, telling that “If you finish this, then you can get the other half”. So everyone from the group had to return to the saleswoman, to get another half of their meal.
Our idea was to bring in some home atmosphere into a semi-public space, to perturb the habits and routines formed by both the customers and the salesperson. The soup itself evoked for us the memories from childhood about learning the discipline related to food at home– that the food has value, you should always respect it and never throw it away. As a result, we wanted to make people relate to the casual moment of parents serving food for their children at home.
