MK Guth American, b. 1963
Instructions for Drinking with a Friend, 2016
mixed media (2 hand-blown glasses, artist book, etched bottle of whiskey, embroidered bar cloth, and carrying case)
16 x 6 x 6 inches (40.6 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm)
edition 1 of 12 + 1 AP
CT-5245
Instructions for Drinking with a Friend 1. Invite a friend to participate. The person invited must be a friend, someone that you have spent time with on more than two...
Instructions for Drinking with a Friend
1. Invite a friend to participate. The person invited must be a friend, someone that you have spent time with on more than two occasions.
2. Choose an atypical place to share your drink.
3. Sit across from each other.
4. Decide on a topic that is not what you typically talk about. If you talk about art, talk about politics. If you talk about politics, talk about food. If you talk about your job, talk about music. If you talk about literature, talk about nature, or mushrooms, or cats, or poetry, or ethics, or virtue, or feminism, or about being drunk.
5. Before you start your conversation, read the poem Get Drunk out loud by Charles Baudelaire, which is provided at the table. Each participant should read half of the poem.
Why invite someone to have a drink with you?
Drink good whiskey
Reduce inhibition
Regard someone
Focus attention
Slow down
Engage in a conversation
Contemplate a problem
Shift out of normal state of consciousness
Alter perception
Take a risk
Prioritize
Emphasize
Share time with a friend
Activate some art
1. Invite a friend to participate. The person invited must be a friend, someone that you have spent time with on more than two occasions.
2. Choose an atypical place to share your drink.
3. Sit across from each other.
4. Decide on a topic that is not what you typically talk about. If you talk about art, talk about politics. If you talk about politics, talk about food. If you talk about your job, talk about music. If you talk about literature, talk about nature, or mushrooms, or cats, or poetry, or ethics, or virtue, or feminism, or about being drunk.
5. Before you start your conversation, read the poem Get Drunk out loud by Charles Baudelaire, which is provided at the table. Each participant should read half of the poem.
Why invite someone to have a drink with you?
Drink good whiskey
Reduce inhibition
Regard someone
Focus attention
Slow down
Engage in a conversation
Contemplate a problem
Shift out of normal state of consciousness
Alter perception
Take a risk
Prioritize
Emphasize
Share time with a friend
Activate some art
