Sculptor Mark Bello doesn’t have a Christ complex or Saint Francis fantasy, but he’s inviting a bunch of birds to a lakeside brunch–on him. He’ll be wearing a cosmopolitan suit of bread featuring baguettes, chappathi, matzo, pita, and Wonder.
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Bello titles his one-man bird-feeding act Beneath the Bread, part of Randolph Street Gallery’s Off Site Specific performance series. After pecking away at his outer garment, Bello’s winged accomplices will reveal his underlying message: a skeleton costume. Beneath the flesh, our bodies all come down to bones, Bello implies, whether we’re birds, Buddhists, or Bears fans.
This Saturday at noon Bello may face the same fate when he serves a flock of feathered fans in front of the Shedd Aquarium, 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive. He’s staging a couple of trial runs on his lunch hours first. The rain date is Saturday, June 25. For more info, call Randolph Street Gallery at 666-7737.
