Conzept Kiosk: Day 15: Saturday, 31 May 2008

Cornbread cut and bagged in website-labeled plastic bags in morning. Sign repainted to read "blueberry cornbread." Simple, tall glass jar chosen as $ container, to replace missing carafe from previous day.

21 treats put out around noon. Neighbors from above gallery complimented baking.

Heavy rains followed, but kiosk was protected by overhanging roof, though foot traffic presumably low.

At 2:15, eight more pieces added to tray. Seven had been taken already, and the corresponding $1.75 in the $ container collected. At 4pm, additional $1.55 collected. At 7:30pm, kiosk taken in for the night. $3.25 remained. 26 total sold. $6.55 earned.

GOAL

TO INVESTIGATE an alternative mode of exchange and distribution, one in which there is an implicit sense of trust that goes beyond the unsaid but all too present sense of obedience and fear of manipulation that we all have experienced as a buyer and a seller. In our urban culture, we are often taken aback by generosity, even when it is sincerely offered, and regard it as suspect. In Concept Kiosk, however, there is a moment of sharing, of uninhibited exchange. My goods are vulnerable to the perusal of the "customer," but the leaving of money is an acknowledgement of the value of my public offering. This subtle shift in the traditional model of consumerism posits the consumer as an active participant in a dialectical artistic exchange.

Conzept Kiosk

Day 15: Saturday, 31 May 2008

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Kökar, Finland 2007

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