Bob-ette’s Feast 2003

Bob Sendall
Gestures 5: May 11 – June 15, 2003
Materials
table, chairs, mirrors, plates, wine bottles, candles, flowers, placecards, menus, video

Bob Sendall is a chef and a party planner A charity dinner held at the Mattress Factory is filmed according to the conventions of...

Description

Bob Sendall is a chef and a party planner. A charity dinner held at the Mattress Factory is filmed according to the conventions of reality television. The diners, treated as celebrities, are subjected to the indifferent scrutiny of the camera even at the most intimate moments of eating and drinking. The tawdry debris of the event, dead flowers, empty wine glasses and discarded napkins are reconfigured as token evidence of the event. Video, by contrast, documents the glamour of the occasion.

Video documentation and editing by Rob Long

Collage by Jack Robinson

About the Artist

Bob Sendall is the Chef/Owner, Event Producer, Wedding Coordinator, and Consultant of All in Good Taste Productions, based in the Mexican War Streets in Pittsburgh, PA.