Rasic recreates an instruction from the manual on eating fruit on a busy street with eyes shut; the facing illustration depicts the action in Rasic and Colombi’s Manual for Universal Eating. Pics/Sneha Kharabe

On a late Thursday afternoon, the blazing sun staring in our faces on a not-so crowded stretch of Juhu Beach is offset by a cool, strong sea breeze. What also helps beat the heat is a handful of strawberries we have been given to savour while soaking in the sights and smells around us. Accompanying us is Serbian artist Katarina Rasic, who, while biting into the fruit, also occasionally jumps in the air or lies down in the sand, urging us to join in. Call it inhibition or a rare sensory treat that has us fully absorbed, but we are happy simply walking in the sand.