Objet Trou Noir, Art Ménager

kitchenware

Hyper-specialized electrical appliances for the kitchen create a minitheatre of living space that is cluttered with purpose-designed objects: yoghurt-maker, oil boiler, stone-plate, etc. Many of this these appliances are rarely used (one to three times yearly) and raise the question of their non-specialization : what they served when they don’t serve ? Knowledge of how things work should enable us to re-think these many and varied appliances in such a way as to enable them to be assembled when they are needed using basic everyday components.Starting with a power point base, any metal vessel might be used as a heating surface. What is more, the choice of materials enables the use of other everyday pieces of kitchenware or alternative energy sources for specific types of cooking.Material adapt to available energy sources. By playing on basic assemblage protocols, as set of everyday kitchenware serves to re-compose electrical appliances. Kitchenware also doubles as tableware.