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What You Had for Dinner Last Night
Aired December 02, 2003 - 05:57 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: A question for you this morning -- can you remember what you had for dinner last night? How about what you had for dinner last week or last year? Well, a New York artist not only knows, but has proof.
Jeanne Moos explains.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It looks just like a grocery store, until you realize everything's empty.
DAVID SHAPIRO, ARTIST: These were tomatoes, you know, cheese...
MOOS (on camera): This is like deli stuff here.
SHAPIRO: Ham deli.
MOOS: Yes.
SHAPIRO: This is aisle two, beverages, beer, liquor.
MOOS (voice-over): Normally stuff like this ends up in the trash, but artist David Shapiro saved the packaging from everything he's consumed over the past two years.
SHAPIRO: This is all from a vending machine.
I like the white tuna in the can because the other one reminds me too much of cat food.
MOOS: Check out the dog food aisle, stocked with everything his pooch Alice consumed. Shapiro even kept takeout containers.
SHAPIRO: And then when you lay it out end to end, side to side, you realize god, I'm a pig.
MOOS: And proud to display it at a Brooklyn art gallery called Jack The Pelican Presents, in conjunction with Eye Wash. Gallery goers got a taste of his innermost appetites.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A lot of hummus and a lot of whiskey.
MOOS: Shapiro stored it all in his basement. Women had a bone to pick with his cleaning products.
(on camera): These are the only sponges you've used for two years?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: There is a paucity of laundry detergent.
MOOS (voice-over): As for the 179 toilet paper rolls...
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Very few, actually.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: So, he doesn't (OBSCENE WORD OMITTED) very much.
MOOS (on camera): David may not have many toilet paper rolls, but he's got plenty of toothbrushes.
(voice-over): He admits to an oral fixation.
SHAPIRO: No cavities.
MOOS: And no girlfriend after this project.
SHAPIRO: She just couldn't stand it anymore.
MOOS: It's like throwing open your fridge and your medicine cabinet.
(on camera): Now I really see why the girlfriend got a little upset. Pregnancy test, huh?
(voice-over): Art work for sale for a mere hundred thousand bucks, fish sticks not included.
Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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Aired December 2, 2003 - 05:57 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: A question for you this morning -- can you remember what you had for dinner last night? How about what you had for dinner last week or last year? Well, a New York artist not only knows, but has proof.
Jeanne Moos explains.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It looks just like a grocery store, until you realize everything's empty.
DAVID SHAPIRO, ARTIST: These were tomatoes, you know, cheese...
MOOS (on camera): This is like deli stuff here.
SHAPIRO: Ham deli.
MOOS: Yes.
SHAPIRO: This is aisle two, beverages, beer, liquor.
MOOS (voice-over): Normally stuff like this ends up in the trash, but artist David Shapiro saved the packaging from everything he's consumed over the past two years.
SHAPIRO: This is all from a vending machine.
I like the white tuna in the can because the other one reminds me too much of cat food.
MOOS: Check out the dog food aisle, stocked with everything his pooch Alice consumed. Shapiro even kept takeout containers.
SHAPIRO: And then when you lay it out end to end, side to side, you realize god, I'm a pig.
MOOS: And proud to display it at a Brooklyn art gallery called Jack The Pelican Presents, in conjunction with Eye Wash. Gallery goers got a taste of his innermost appetites.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A lot of hummus and a lot of whiskey.
MOOS: Shapiro stored it all in his basement. Women had a bone to pick with his cleaning products.
(on camera): These are the only sponges you've used for two years?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: There is a paucity of laundry detergent.
MOOS (voice-over): As for the 179 toilet paper rolls...
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Very few, actually.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: So, he doesn't (OBSCENE WORD OMITTED) very much.
MOOS (on camera): David may not have many toilet paper rolls, but he's got plenty of toothbrushes.
(voice-over): He admits to an oral fixation.
SHAPIRO: No cavities.
MOOS: And no girlfriend after this project.
SHAPIRO: She just couldn't stand it anymore.
MOOS: It's like throwing open your fridge and your medicine cabinet.
(on camera): Now I really see why the girlfriend got a little upset. Pregnancy test, huh?
(voice-over): Art work for sale for a mere hundred thousand bucks, fish sticks not included.
Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
