Rirkrit Tiravanija came to the ceremonial side of artistic practice via an early interest in Fluxus, and an awareness that the social side of art was as important as its formal aspect. His work emerged at a time when the interest in artists such as Rosemarie Trockel, Dieter Roth, and Joseph Beuys had led to a re-evaluation of the power of a dried sausage, few bottles of Seltzer, or some everyday goods, once isolated in a vitrine.