rotating kitchen

source: designboom

we’ve been a bit hungry for food art lately!

from more scientific explorations as seen in the decomposing silicon fruits by michel lamoller, to the perfect pantone palette pairings by david schwen, when it comes to the topic of food people go bananas! the kitchen is where it all begins–the heart of the home which is not only a place of preparing and sharing meals, but also a social hub where friends and family gather. there was a time when it was defined more as a work space than a living space, but overtime its role within our domestic environments has evolved, and the distance between a cook and his guests has minimized.

we see more and more in the design of new homes, the kitchen opening up onto other rooms, so that there is no longer a physical barrier between the culinary laboratory and the rest of the activities that are going on in the shared environment. in this way, he who prepares the food has now become somewhat of a performer. this is further evidenced in the many restaurants that have now adopted this concept of the ‘open-kitchen’, where patrons are able to watch their meals being made right before their eyes. in short, the kitchen is a world of its own.
one where food is cut and cleaned, cooked and seasoned, served and eaten. when there are leftovers they are put in the fridge, or frozen, then reheated in the microwave, and if we forget about it, it is thrown away, and left to decompose over time.

zeger reyers explores these various ideas in his work ‘rotating kitchen’ in which he envisions the space as its own micrcosm. commissioned by the kunsthalle düsseldorf for their ‘eating the universe. food in art.’ exhibition, the dutch artist conceived a fully equipped kitchen, that was set on the gallery floor. within a cook was found preparing snacks and serving drinks to visitors of the vernissage.

when more than half of the food had been, the dishwasher full and switched on, the cook left, with all of the containers of ingredients, cooking utensils, pots and pans on the counters, herbs and spices open, as well as open bottles of wine, for what seemed to be a temporary period of time, perhaps for a smoke or bathroom break. upon is exit, the kitchen slowly began to tilt and turn, rotating a complete axis in approximately fifteen minutes. this continued for the entire duration of the show, whereby everything inside the cubic space started to slide,
then falling onto opposing walls, cupboards ending up on the floor… thus the kitchen turned into a giant blender, slowly mixing ingredients, as well as all of the tools, utensils, and tableware together, the resulting sludgy substance gradually staining all sides of the structure.
at the end it was a painting and sound device, accompanied by the changing smell coming from the waste.the performative installation dealt with notions of change and decay in relation to food, highlighting the ways in which we unconsciously waste food.
here, the quotidian unit, symbolically familiar to us, has gone rebellious, now turning against us, however still serving up a plate to please–or tease– our senses, but something uncontrollable.
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source: smileinyourface

Pretty cool installation by Zeger Reyers, which is not very recommended for women to watch (warning). The ‘Rotating Kitchen’ installation consists of a fully equipped neat looking kitchen that makes a slow motion 360 degrees turn-around, causing severe chaos and a totally destroyed and ruined interior of the kitchen, this only after we see a woman preparing a nice dish.
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source: blogyam

荷蘭藝術家Zeger Reyers的創作大都跟食物有關
而且每次都有驚人之舉
例如他2000年的作品Mussel-chair
將一張椅子丟到海裡放兩年，讓椅子上長滿了淡菜
再辦展覽把這些淡菜烹調讓現場來賓享用
另外一系列的作品是在許多家具用品上種香菇
一樣計畫辦展煮給賓客吃（目前好像只辦過靜態展，還沒有把它們煮了）

2009年在德國kunsthalle düsseldorf展出的旋轉廚房（Rotating Kitchen）工程更大
他在畫廊架了一間設備齊全廚房
請了廚師現場為開幕酒會的來賓烹調一些點心
等廚師做完工作離開廚房
廚房就開始緩緩的旋轉
大概花了十幾分鐘的時間廚房整整轉了一圈
大家就看著裡面的食材、用具、抽屜一個接一個掉下來
破碎、噴濺、混合
整個廚房像是一個大型的食物調理機
在現場看到一定很震撼（那個氣味應該也很可怕 :D）
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source: mixedgrillnl

Dit weekend is in Amsterdam het culinaire festival Rollende Keukens. Bij het zien van die naam moeten we altijd aan dit kunstwerk van Zeger Reyers denken. Hij bouwde een installatie die bestond uit een keuken die om zijn as kan draaien. Bij iedere rotatie zie je de vertrouwde omgeving verder aftakelen totdat er een berg bruin besmeurde rommel overblijft.