Featuring: Connie Cohen, Anne Feeney, Ann Frances, Kirsty Teresa Hall, Gabriel Darling, Suzanne Tufan, Sokhak, Gregory, Sheran, Colin Beattie, Jessica Tannenbaum, Tuey Burns, Gary Wiseman
May be you are wondering what happened at the SIXSIXSIX dinner on the 3rd of September 2008. To tell you the truth I don't know if I can explain it to you. There were aproximately ten people present from myriad demographics, races and ages. Each one of them played a part in the narrative we wrote together. I could not explain it to you becasue it is about being there. It is about the experience itself.
There are the ten perspectives of those participating directly. There are the experiences of all those who were present indirectly; Richard Brandt who worked with Jessica Tannenbaum (our chef) in developing the meal we enjoyed; Stephanie Snyder who comissioned the work; Ashley Keampf who loaned me her vehichle; Simon Sampson, who provided the salmon; the farmers who grew the dandy lion; the ducks who laid the eggs; Paul Middendorf who provided the table supports and disposable camera; James Nesmith, who invented Basketball; not to mention whoever made the gas for the car I drove, those who made the car, whoever owned the vacant lot we ate in, Nike for building the Basketball Court, everybody who happened to walk or drive by and wonder what we were doing...and that is just the beginning. If you were to talk to each of these people listed above you may begin to get a picture of what was happening, but the truth is, it was a series of moments shared by those who were present. We were supported in those moments by the whole of the interconnected community of the world. We acted in cooperation with the universe and dove into the void of the future without reservations.
The event was documented with both photographs and video. These only give you a rectalinear view, a de-contextualized two-dimensional representation of what occurred. But if you would like to see them anyway they will be posted soon.
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