Best Free Food-Safe Feces | Orlando Weekly
"Folks might say they attend art events like downtown’s monthly Third Thursday gallery openings for the creativity, but let’s face facts: 50 percent of the time they (OK, we) are there for the free food and wine. At DailyCity.com’s December Mobile Art Show dedicated to Tess Bonacci’s installation HOARD, the complimentary comestibles offered weren’t just tasty, they were terrifyingly on-theme. What else do you serve at an exhibit inspired by crazy cat ladies (featuring a Friskies chandelier and stuffed-kitty quilt) but pastry poop and candy crap in edible litter? Meow!"
The idea of having the guests of the Tess Bonacci art show eat edible kitty litter and cat pop came from Tess herself. In the show, she wanted to show HOARD (a blanket made from several un-stuffed cat-shaped toys), play a soundtrack of meowing cats, force guests to walk on newspapers covering the floor, she envisioned a litter box full of edible litter (Trix cereal) and poop (we forgot to ask what *that* was made from). She did all of the above and created an erie mock-up of a cat lady's apartment inside our moving truck. I loved her idea of the edible litter and poop, I thought it might transfer well to cupcakes, and I knew *just* the bakery to call: Bee's Knees Sweet Treats. They agreed to take on the crappy job and the night of the show, they were a hit with the guests.
Print version. Meow!
All the winners
Here's HOARD, the blanket that started it all, by Tess Bonacci.
At the show that night, as they do most nights, folks socialized outside the truck/show and talked above the din of screeching cats playing inside the truck.