Mike Meiré : THE FARM PROJECT for Dornbracht Edges
Design Miami, December 2007
The kitchen is a highly complex place, an ongoing "making of", a workshop for the senses. Mike Meiré has brought the kitchen back to life in its archaic form as a counterpoint to high-tech minimalist design tendencies. Pots, pans and hams hang from the ceiling. Live sheep, goats and pigs serve as reminder that food does not come from the supermarket, but is something living. As a social event "The Farm Project" tells stories of life and death, past and present, transience and honesty.
"The Farm Project" was created within the framework of Dornbracht Edges,
a series of projects at the interface between architecture, design and art. The installation was most recently exhibited as part of the opening days of sculpture projects muenster 07 and had already been displayed in Milan (Salone del Mobile 2006) and Cologne (Passagen/imm cologne 2007).
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