Laying the Table, Setting the Stage
An essay by Eve Kalyva of Breakfast Show
“When I arrived at 5:20am, the sky was just turning pink. Everything was very quiet. The first thing I noticed upon entering was that the gallery room was dark and silent. I was curious to see what kind of works would constitute such thing as a “breakfast” show running from sunrise until 10:00. But they weren’t photo stills of landscapes or sound installations of morning activities. The only explicitly morning act was my getting to the gallery when I did. “