PRODUCT
WHERE
novo mesto, slovenia
WHEN
2017
produCTION
sELF-produCTION
fotopub festival
FORM
gUERRILLA intervenTION
SITE-specifiC
procesSUAL
THANKS
jaka erjavec
The intervention playfully questions the idea of ββthe product as a cell of consumer society. I wanted to place the logic of commodification in an environment where we do not expect it.
For the location of the intervention, I chose a pear tree growing in an urban environment in Novo mesto.
The process of preparing the intervention first required collecting authentic stickers from imported fruit in supermarkets. Then I stuck the stickers on the still ripening fruits of the living tree. The fruit was thus commodified even before it was recognized as a delicious gift from nature (a quote from one of the actual stickers). The process work was completed when the ripened products fell to the ground.