SELLING HUMAN HEART HUMAN SKIN AND HUMAN TONGUE ON CHRISTMAS – 1998

 

ACTION: CHRISTMAS WEEK- 1998

I DRAW UP AN INVENTORY AT A SUPERMARKET´S BUTCHER.

THE MEAT IS LABELED TRAYS IN REFRIGERATORS

PIG. HEART / TONGUE / SKIN

WEIGHT / PRIZE

I BUY A TRAY OF PIG’S MEAT WITH ITS RESPECTIVE LABEL / STICKER

I CREATE NEW STICKERS CHANGING THE NAME OF THE ANIMAL FROM 22-12-98 TO 27-12-98: CHRISTMAS SHOPPING WEEK

ANONYMOUS INTERVENTION IN 12 DIFERENT FRENCH SUPERMARKETS

I STICK THE NEW LABELS ON THE ORIGINAL ONES

I BUY ONE OF THOSE TRAYS WITH ITS NEW STICKER

 

THE WORD HUMAN REPLACE TEH WORD PIG

 

 

PIG´S HEART, ALIMENTARY TRAY, STICKER, TRANSPARENT FILM

PIG´S SKIN, ALIMENTARY TRAY, STICKER, TRANSPARENT FILM

PIG´S TONGUE, ALIMENTARY TRAY, STICKER, TRANSPARENT FILM

 

 

STICKERS FROM THE SERIE HUMAN HEART, HUMAN TONGUE, HUMAN SKIN

 

 

The french supermarket is called “Supermarché Stoc”
I only changed one letter: sToc > sHoc

 

THIS  WORK IS ABOUT CONTEMPORARY CANNIBALISM