Take a Sandwich was a one-day interactive event I produced in a gallery in Lower Manhattan where I was exploring our disconnection from the food supply chain. Participants rang a bell and received a small sandwich passed through a hole in a curtain—an unsettling, impersonal exchange designed to mirror how we consume food daily without questioning its origins. Who made it? Who grew the ingredients? Who transported it?

The piece was a critique of the modern food supply chain. In grocery stores, restaurants, and fast-food chains, food arrives as a convenient, ready-made product—detached from the human labor behind it. The piece stripped away all intermediaries—no waiter, no Uber Eats driver,
no grocery store cashier—forcing participants to confront where their food was coming from without the usual front-end interactions
we rely on.

Creating an experience that would genuinely unsettle participants without alienating them was the challenge. Participants had to believe the food was safe without being able to verify it. Some were nervous; others weren't. The anonymity of the interaction became a reflection
of the invisible labor in every meal we eat, inviting reflection on the complex systems and unseen workers who sustain us.