Rirkrit Tiravanija’s Spirited Survey Serves Up Social Interaction and Pad Thai

If you’ve ever stood in a line for a home-cooked meal at an art exhibition, you might be familiar with the work of Thai artist Rirkrit Tiravanija, who foregrounds interactions between people and their surroundings. Over the years, Tiravanija has served up Turkish coffee, pad Thai, and tea—all of which can be experienced in his exhibition “A Lot of People” at MoMA PS1 in Queens, New York. In constructing these scenarios, which he refers to as plays, Tiravanija invites muse