Project 6 — Rei Kakiuchi

photo : Sander van Wettum

Eel Bar
24/05/2018 - 25/05/2018
Kaus Australis
Rotterdam

wood counter, ceramics, cocktail, wall drawing
finger cup ceramics made by Micha Zweifel >>
cocktail “Electric Eel” made by Matthew Stadler
7000 x 4000

4-meter wooden counter set against an transcript large scale wall drawing from 18th-century New Zealand watercolor, featuring a cocktail station where Matthew Stadler creates the "Electric Eel" cocktail (sake, blue curaçao, lemon, nori) inspired by Japanese ingredients encountered in rural Mexico. The counter displays three object types: borrowed ceramic schnapps cups from Micha Zweifel symbolizing friendship, unfired clay ofinner shape of my palm, and tiny sake cups from Japan.

This social gathering space creates a deliberate tension: elements related to fingers, prints, and hands are juxtaposed with the eel's slippery nature that refuses fingerprints and conceals its origins. This paradox invites reflection on the unstable nature of relationships, especially in a space where drinking may blur memory.