The last of the dandelion seeds.

A recipe Take an apple and slice it into 8 segments Take each segment to your mouth and Bite out the core Then float each boat-like form in the air To become sweet for the winter Repeat 5000 times or until completely full Gallery Cyprián Majernik, 6-13 February 1997 ********************************************************************************** 'The Last of the Dandelion Seeds' was a solo exhibition presented at Gallery Cyprián Majernik in Bratislava. The gallery was on the second storey with expansive windows surrounding the space. It seemed almost like the stage overlooking the activity of Bratislava beneath it. There, I created an installation from hundreds of apples. I took each apple and sliced it into eight segments before biting out the core. The shape that remained was inserted onto an upturned nail placed on the floor. This process was repeated until a large bed of apples covered the gallery floor. It took three days of work before the installation was ready for the exhibition. Initially, gallery visitors saw apple segments that were still moist and fresh at one end of the bed, while at the other end, the apples which I had bitten first had begun to wither and dry. The metamorphosis of the apples was transfixed in time. Meanwhile, through the window spaces, the activity of Bratislava could be seen and heard. The apples preserve the memory of the time and place when I bit them. Something of that moment will be released when I finally choose to consume it.