Salon 20
Ernst Fischer
'The Art of (Self) Service – A Master Class in Etiquette and
Presentation for Valentine’s Day 2002'
14 February @ 8pm.
Live Event
'Following Ernst’s training as a butler at The Ivor Spencer International
School for Butler Administrators/Personal Assistants in Dulwich
in
October/November 2001, he prepared and served a performance installation
providing recipes and table decorating ideas which utilised the
bodily
products of the host/performer. A romantic and intimate dinner arrangement
for two formed the centre piece of this master class in etiquette
and social
mores, which included expert tips on pre/serving and un/bottling
various
fluids and substance, with an opportunity for product tasting and
identification. The audience invariably became spectator and
participant, as they were individually invited to partake in the
prepared
meal.
Ernst Fischer has presented his work in many different contexts
including;
Mime/physical theatre/performance; 1995 ‘A Brief History of …(Silence)'
International Mime Festival, ICA London, 1999 ‘The Bound Man’ (with
Rebecca Swift), ICA, London, Queer Performance/cabaret; 1986-88
Co-founder of Pink Feet-Warm Bodies, gay dance theatre company,
2000
‘Roomours’ A series of Spaces and Texts commissioned by Sexmutant
:
Festival of Queer art and performance, The Nunnery, London. Living-room
theatre/site-specific performance; 1986-1997 ‘BrixtonbeArt Room’
living
room theatre: small-scale theatre production and site-specific performance
in domestic environment, 1999 ‘Alkemi’ installation, The Whitechapel
Gallery,
London, 2000 ‘the X-Isles’ commissioned for a 24-hour performance
event
at Walworth Methodist Church, London
