The dinner (five stars) performance and video 2010 Annually, during Christmas time, the Le Meridien hotel in Budapest invites a group of homeless into it’s luxurious restaurant for a multi-course meal. This video documents a re-staging of this dinner, this time organised without the knowledge or consent of the hotel management. The attendees, who had been present at one of the original charity dinners, reflect on the power relationships inherent in the situation, make fun of the elaborate food, discuss life on the streets and tell personal memories of the building, which was the Budapest police headquarters during communism. |