Lard Salad Project

Artist: Stephan Tiron
(born: Bucharest, 1976)
Conspirator: Poke a.k.a. Role
Documentation: Peter Asaro

Concept:
- To turn a large piece of Romanian smoked
Lard into an artistic "Happening."

Location: Vienna, Austria:
- Near the McDonalds Restaraunt on Mariahilfe
Strasse,
- and the Gluhwein stand in MuseumsQuartier.

Time:
- Evening, The Mass of the Immaculate Conception,
Thursday December 8, 2005.


The Event:
- Offering Lard Salad to Strangers, calling
it "Romanian Tofu," on Mariahilfe Strasse:

- Offering Lard Salad to Strangers, at the
MuseumsQuartier:

- Transferring Lard Salad to disposable
dishes, at the MuseumsQuartier:

- Leaving Lard Salad out among other free
snacks, at the MuseumsQuartier:

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The Results:
- Most people were curious, but cautious.
Several tried it, including one person who very much enjoyed
it, and a vegetarian who refused to believe that it was really
tofu. One of the plates left out had clearly been picked at,
so who knows how much of it was consumed . . . :

- Mmmmmmmmmmmm, lard . . . . . . . . .
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