weeds

Weeds  action,  video  stills  Location:  living  room,  kitchen  Materials:  mountain  weeds  and  greens,  a  knife,  plastic  sheet,  2  plastic  bags,    Borrowed  from  the  house  to  make  happen:  1  plastic  utensil,  1  pot,  2  liters  of  water,  electricity,  2  forks,  2  plates,  olive  oil  (gift*),  2  lemons  (gift*),  salt  Duration:  approximately  3  hours  Action:  He  brought  a  bag  with  greens  and  weeds  he  gathered  from  the  wild  He  cut  the  unwanted  parts,  told  me  their  names,  washed  them,  boiled  them  and  we  ate  them.  Comments:  on  the  names  of  each  weed  and  the  name  of  the  area  from  which  he  picked  those.  ‘No  one  ever  thought  me  how  to  recognize  each  of  the  weeds.  I  just  knew  them.’     Nikos  Gikas  *  gifts  from  other  visitors