Cake will be, well, the icing on the cake today at the opening of DiverseWorksยs 25th Anniversary. Rachel Cookยs ยWe Are the Perfect Combinationย is a performance piece that includes the baked good, herself, decorated plates and you. ยItยs a wedding cake because Iยm celebrating a wedding and an anniversary between DiverseWorks and the Houston art community,ย she says. Serving cake may not seem like performance art, but Cook says the project explores human interactions. She plans to write phrases on the cake plates or napkins in hopes of sparking conversations between gallery-goers stopping by for a slice before browsing the other exhibits at todayยs anniversary celebration, which include ยTo 25ย and ยEl Soรฑador Elegante.ย Curated by Patricia Hernandez and Sasha Dela, ยTo 25ย is a photographic retrospective of two and a half decadesย worth of performances, openings, installations and other events at DiverseWorks. Artist David McGee also looks back with ยEl Soรฑador Elegante,ย an exhibit of sculptures, videos and paintings that pay homage to DiverseWorksยs place in the art community by referencing past exhibits and events. Have your cake and talk about it, too, today.
Thu., Sept. 6, 6 p.m.
This article appears in Sep 6-12, 2007.