For eight weeks straight, every day of the week, Swiss-born designer and conceptual artist Markuz Wernli Saito carried out 'At-Your-Service', a relational art experiment on the streets of Kyoto: for an hour, he offered citizens a chance to participate in outside-the-box interventions in urban areas. Every Tuesday, for example, was "I Love Trash" day, when people left thank-you notes on trash bags, appreciating the work of garbage collectors. Mondays were mobile tea ceremony days, offering traditional Japanese hospitality -- and a break in the day -- in unexpected settings. His purpose? To ignite our streamlined, hyper-functional lives with meaningful everyday encounters and fresh discoveries of beauty. The project's website lists the week's other activities.
