Dreampepper - situationist comedy
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Wed, Jun. 18th, 2008 01:21 pm
situationist comedy

Karriere is a fairly new Copenhagen bar completely designed by over 30 artists, (Robert Stadler, Douglas Gordon, Carl Michael von Hausswolff, Olafur Eliasson, etc.), who worked on everything from the name to the interior.

Most interestingly, the cost of certain drinks at the Karriere Bar have been reworked into an installation piece by Kenneth Balfelt, who conceived of a price policy that experiments with perceived social structures. The new prices are determined by how you display yourself and it's the waiters and bartenders who decide if someone qualifies.

Some examples: Activist and hippie types pay extra for organic soda, unless they're homeless, in which case they get a discount on cafe cortado, yuppies pay extra for beer, and gay couples who french kiss get a discount on apfelschorle.

There's many of various discounts, and for all sorts of things, speaking danish when you're obviously foreign, being a multiracial table, etc., hardly any which seem politically correct, but all of which might prove interesting to interact with. I imagine friends gathering in groups, trying to work out how many discounts they can snag in one go.

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mallinson
mallinson
Bwana the Sheep; or, if you must, Kyle Mallinson
Wed, Jun. 18th, 2008 08:43 pm (UTC)

Is it bad that I was excited about you telling me about a new place for almond-flavoured pastry?


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porphyre
porphyre
Bloody Foxtongue
Wed, Jun. 18th, 2008 08:44 pm (UTC)

not in the slightest.


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skonen_blades
skonen_blades
skonen_blades
Thu, Jun. 19th, 2008 09:01 am (UTC)

For some reason, the sentence fragment 'everything from the name to the interior' is cracking me up. I think mainly because what else is there? Plus the image of over 30 artists working on the name is also a funny image.

It sounds to me like they've made all of the informal and commonplace activities that already take place in most bars 'over there' into something official. : )


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porphyre
porphyre
Bloody Foxtongue
Sun, Jun. 22nd, 2008 03:26 am (UTC)

I wouldn't know, never having been, though i hope to sometime.


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