Pie Charts

One of my favorite rites of summer is artist Elaine Tin Nyo's sour cherry pie 'social media performance'. Apparently, the sour cherry season is very short, and it coincides with some of the hottest days of summer. During this short moment, Elaine bakes her gorgeous lattice-topped pies, bringing up the temperature in the otherwise tepid, New York art world summer doldrums. This year I met up with Elaine in Washington Square Park on a tropically humid afternoon, for a slice of pie (or two, actually); while savoring the last crumbs, the skies opened up, offering the relief of a sunny downpour. We packed up the picnic hamper and waited for the rain to stop under a leafy tree.

If this is Relational Aesthetics, then I'm in.

Sour cherry pie meet-ups, as well as other projects and events, are well-documented on Elaine's blog, Nothing Happened Today, where you can subscribe to receive email notifications of new posts and projects. You can also keep up with Elaine on her website.

Via Elaine Tin Nyo's email list:

Friends,

It's that time. I saw the first sour cherries at the Union Square Market on July 1. And yes, I bought a couple quarts. Those two quarts accompanied me to work, and then a walk, then a terrace cook out. On Saturday, joined by another two quarts they drove upstate to the Barn and became the first pie of the summer. 

I will make a pie or two a day until the cherries run out (usually in about two to three weeks). I'm making appointments now. Let me know if you want a piece. 

Pictures to follow.

Gosh, I love July.

Elaine