Tantalus Dinner

Posted by John Farrier in Arts & Crafts on July 12, 2009 at 11:56 am


Artist Ioli Kalliopi Sifakaki cast tablewear from her own body parts, and then invited friends to eat dinner from them:

Royal College of Art graduate Iola Kalliopi Sifakaki designed a dinner service cast from her own body and then invited a dozen of her male friends to feast from the tableware.

The dinner service, and the dining furniture Sifikaki designed, are based on the Greek myth of Tantalus, in which Tantalus boils his son Pelops and offers him up as food to the gods to appease them.

Says the artist:

By casting myself, I copy, dismantle and offer parts of me, in order to provoke new, unusual relationships between the maker and the user.

Hmm. I’m thinking of a new product that we can offer in the Neatorama Store….

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12 comments to "Tantalus Dinner"

  1. Camelot
    July 12th, 2009 at 12:03 pm

    Judging by the shirts of the diners, the plates don't do a very good job of keeping food on the table.

  2. Mytake
    July 12th, 2009 at 1:24 pm

    Another pointless, juvenile, ugly and shallow "art" installation. Who funded that?

  3. Skipweasel
    July 12th, 2009 at 1:45 pm

    At least it was tableware - imagine wobbly blancmanges cast in the shape of - well - something wobbly.

  4. Kalel
    July 12th, 2009 at 2:02 pm

    This would work if she was some hot dish. Otherwise, just coffee for me in her ugly mug.

  5. Jill
    July 12th, 2009 at 2:09 pm

    I have to agree with mytake. This is just sort of silly with no real merit.

  6. Vonskippy
    July 12th, 2009 at 2:34 pm

    So is it too late for her to demand her tuition money back?

  7. seefish3
    July 12th, 2009 at 3:17 pm

    This is like something "Penthouse" would have done in the seventies, but with more women ...and in soft focus.

  8. blehtrd
    July 12th, 2009 at 6:19 pm

    First dibs on the tit bowls. You can have the pen0r cup and small nut bowl.

  9. ted
    July 12th, 2009 at 8:25 pm

    Doesn't look very appetizing. Now did she cast "tablewear" or "tableware"? I assume the first is something to wear to the table.

    She should have made jello molds from her body parts - wait, did I just give away her next project? Sorry.

  10. Sam Saturday
    July 13th, 2009 at 8:55 am

    It's very annoying when an "artist" has to go through great pains to describe their intentions. Andy Warhol never bothered to. He was very happy letting people come up with their own conclusions.

    And this feminist "men eating from the body of woman" has been worn out for decades now. Tom Petty had it in his freak'n video, FFS. Back in the 80s.

  11. Miss Curly
    July 13th, 2009 at 6:22 pm

    One word for this: STUPID!

  12. Video Game Dork
    July 14th, 2009 at 7:00 am

    I kind of get the impression that, in spite of her explaination, this really was an act that grew out of a self-esteem issue through the medium of 'art'. Its like she's yelling "i'm so sexy! don't you agree?! men eat off my likeness!!!!"


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