A performative installation that merges concept, action, and process to critically engage with social habits and shared cultural behaviours. The piece consists of a circular table, 10 kg of peanuts, and 1000 napkins, inviting public interaction over five days and generating an evolving material trace of collective participation. Echoing the aesthetics and rituals of traditional Spanish bars—where discarding peanut shells on the floor is both common and culturally tolerated—this work subtly reveals the social codes embedded in everyday performativity. By relocating this casual, almost unconscious behaviour into a gallery space, "Spanish Bar" destabilises expectations and encourages reflection on the politics of space, propriety, and social comfort. The installation accumulates not only organic debris but also symbolic residue, transforming consumption into visual critique. LapiEza’s approach, termed socioplastics, explores how collective practices shape and are shaped by spatial arrangements and material affordances. As the installation progresses, the shifting ground of shells and napkins acts as a participatory archive of social presence, simultaneously ephemeral and monumental. This piece thus transcends mere aesthetic gesture, becoming a critical apparatus for rethinking conviviality, cleanliness, and implicit behavioural codes within both public and institutional settings
SOCIOPLASTIC INSTALLATION
1000 Napkins and 10 kg of Peanuts
SOCIOPLASTICS – Peanuts and Paper
100 Participants – 5 Days
Lapieza, 2011
1000 Napkins and 10 kg of Peanuts
SOCIOPLASTICS – Peanuts and Paper
100 Participants – 5 Days
Lapieza, 2011
