Collective Subway Sandwich


Collective: Katie Bethune-Leamen, Patrick Borjal, Permjit Buadhwal, Sam Cartmell, Janice Demkiw, Kevin Hegge, Luis Jacob, Kelly Jazvac, Paul Lamothe, Jeremy Laing, Amish Morrell, Will Munroe, Sandy Plotnikoff, HR, Mohammed Shanti, Catherine Stinson, Chen Tamir, Kika Thorne, Izida Zorde. December 2003

Video by Kika Thorne

A (post) fordist collective model for constructing a sandwich on the TTC. We assembled at Bathurst Station in downtown Toronto, boarded the Bloor-Danforth train heading eastbound towards the suburb of Scarborough. At Kennedy Station we proceeded to form a sandwich-making assembly circle. The first person brought out bread, passed the bread to the next person, who added one ingredient. As it was passed from person to person in this way, the sandwich was gradually built until -- filled with 19 ingredients -- it reached the end of the assembly line. In a mood of celebration, the vegetarian sandwiches were enjoyed by the collective and offered to other passengers. This process was continued as we traversed the city to the end of the line, Kipling Station, in Etobicoke.