Sunday, August 24, 2008

Messy



Cooking got a little messy this weekend...I kid, I kid! This is actually an art installation titled Heute bleibt die Küche kalt, wir gehen in den Wienerwald by Marlene Haring.

"A site-specific installation for the group show 'Egocaster' organised by Supersaat, Vienna. Freshly (at least at the beginning) cooked spaghetti overflowed from every possible receptacle in the kitchen. The title is a rhyme meaning 'Today the kitchen remains unused (cold), (and) we are going to the Vienna Woods'. Wienerwald is the the forest around the city of Vienna, as well as the name for a chicken restaurant chain in Austria."

I can only imagine the clean-up process.

37 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 24, 2008 at 12:02 PM

    Oh gosh!!! The only thing I can think of is how they are going to clean up that mess!! ;-)

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  2. KathrynAugust 24, 2008 at 12:06 PM

    It makes me think of the children's book Strega Nona.

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  3. UnknownAugust 24, 2008 at 12:38 PM

    oh wow. yeah. i definitely wouldn't wanna be part of that clean up crew. spaghetti's so slippery and tricky.

    interesting concept.

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  4. Rachel@oneprettything.comAugust 24, 2008 at 1:40 PM

    I bet a bunch of little kids would have a BLAST cleaning that up. I also love how clean my kitchen looks in comparison-finally! lol

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  5. Simple AnswerAugust 24, 2008 at 1:45 PM

    Isn't this something you've always wanted to do?

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  6. please sirAugust 24, 2008 at 3:01 PM

    YES - how fun, but wouldn't want to clean up either!

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  7. JudeAugust 24, 2008 at 3:13 PM

    Okay, I'll never complain about a dirty kitchen again!

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  8. aimeeAugust 24, 2008 at 4:14 PM

    gosh... that looks like my kitchen :)

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  9. AnonymousAugust 24, 2008 at 5:17 PM

    Eeew! So not wanting to join in with the clean-up crew. Too messy.

    However, I do know a Little someone who would LOVE to play in a vat of noodles. Dunno why?

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  10. VanaAugust 24, 2008 at 6:07 PM

    i am a cleaning freak...literally! And this picture makes me want to jump in and start cleaning...

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  11. K.LineAugust 24, 2008 at 7:06 PM

    Um, I just finished eating spaghetti for dinner. This is freaking me out! :-)

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  12. Michelle Engel BencskoAugust 24, 2008 at 7:37 PM

    I'm a kitchen neat freak. Seriously. This is freaking me out!

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  13. Jaimee McClellanAugust 24, 2008 at 8:49 PM

    OH MY!

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  14. Krissy | Paper SchmaperAugust 24, 2008 at 8:57 PM

    haha! you pig :)

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  15. AnonymousAugust 24, 2008 at 9:23 PM

    haha, so gross and yet so fun at the same time:)

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  16. UnknownAugust 24, 2008 at 9:58 PM

    hahaha..what a scary sight, dont count me in for cleaning up :D

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  17. Regardez MoiAugust 24, 2008 at 10:10 PM

    Ohh, I have a few ex boyfriends who I'd like to do that to. HAH!

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  18. AnonymousAugust 24, 2008 at 10:46 PM

    Thanks for the visit, I hope you drop by more often = )!

    This is a fabulous work of art- how said mess is not art?

    hehe

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  19. AnonymousAugust 24, 2008 at 10:47 PM

    OMG I meant WHO no HOW .. opps

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  20. JanAugust 25, 2008 at 12:31 AM

    I have never made a mess like that in my kitchen. I have to say I feel glad about that. Wow. What a mess is right. Yikes to the clean up crew ;)

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  21. Laura @ the shorehouse.August 25, 2008 at 1:43 AM

    Awesome! {I also love how google ads has decided that "pasta recipe" is an appropriate ad to tag to this post. :-)}

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  22. Simple AnswerAugust 25, 2008 at 1:46 AM

    Once you get this place cleaned up, come to my place for pie.

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  23. The House That A-M BuiltAugust 25, 2008 at 1:57 AM

    That is just great! My boys would love to get in and have a play in that! A-M xx

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  24. Alison PurpleAugust 25, 2008 at 2:18 AM

    Unbelievable! I actually gasped as I loaded the page.

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  25. SongyAugust 25, 2008 at 4:10 AM

    I used to be a 'noodle girl' and after looking at this i wonder how much I had in my life time.

    Luckily, I rarely have any noodles nowadays. :)

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  26. leah - moxiethrift on etsyAugust 25, 2008 at 9:38 AM

    looks like my kitchen after a noodle making night!

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  27. KristinaAugust 25, 2008 at 10:48 AM

    HaHaHa what a beautiful post for my working monday,I can't stop laughing!!!

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  28. Jessie CacciolaAugust 25, 2008 at 1:40 PM

    oh, this is my nightmare! ;)

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  29. VictoriaAugust 25, 2008 at 2:14 PM

    Thank goodness no one tried to make any spaghetti sauce!

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  30. Jen of MadeByGirlAugust 25, 2008 at 6:07 PM

    This makes me want to clean! Ewww...thats alot of starch.

    Jen Ramos
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  31. AnonymousAugust 26, 2008 at 9:21 AM

    Yikes. This is stressing me out, just imagining the cleanup process! But how fun would it have been to actually set up these shots?!

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  32. CindyAugust 26, 2008 at 5:48 PM

    i'm just glad there was no sauce or meatballs! the thought is giving me hives ;)!

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  33. deeAugust 27, 2008 at 8:04 AM

    I'm about this graceful in the kitchen. Scary, huh?!

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  34. Christina WoodAugust 27, 2008 at 9:00 AM

    Wienerwald is to Germany and Austria as Crackerbarrel is to the US.

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  35. MeganAugust 27, 2008 at 2:45 PM

    I can't even imagine how long it took to make all the pasta used for the installation. Hope they had an industrial kitchen!

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  36. LeanneAugust 30, 2008 at 1:11 AM

    I think this is pretty cool. Sometimes I slack on the cleaning part at my apartment- especially if a creative art project captures my mind! But this takes *that* to a whole new level. Wow! My husband and I love the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and this seems like an exhibit that a place like the MCA would feature...

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  37. JLC StudioSeptember 8, 2008 at 6:29 PM

    Yikes!!!! I can't even imagine doing this...crazy!

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