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DEBATA O KUHINJI - KITCHEN DEBATE

Maribor Regional Museum

Temporary exhibition / 08.06.2017 - 31.12.2018

Naslov razstave DEBATA O KUHINJI – KITCHEN DEBATE je interpretacija poimenovanja politične debate na najvišji ravni, ki jo je sprožila za politiko tako obskurna tema, kot je kuhinjska oprema. Kitchen debate oziroma kuhinjska debata se je vnela med Nikito Hruščovom in Richardom Nixonom 24. julija 1959 ob odprtju Ameriške nacionalne razstave v Moskvi. Na njej so Američani prikazali štiri sodobne kuhinje, opremljene z najnovejšimi kuhinjskimi aparati. Medtem ko so Rusinje v dolgih vrstah čakale na ogled ameriških modernih kuhinj, njihov partijski sekretar na razstavi ni videl zgolj proizvodov, ki lajšajo gospodinjska opravila, ampak tudi intenco kapitalizma, da iz gospodinj napravi brezpravne potrošnice. Ob soočenju dveh stališč se je razlika med Vzhodom in Zahodom pokazala tudi v dojemanju družbenih vlog spolov. Medtem ko so bili dečki skozi zgodovino vzgajani za javna opravila, so bile deklice vzgajane za gospodinje. Deklicam so bile namenjene tudi kuhinje za deklice, kakršno je Pokrajinskemu muzeju Maribor po posredovanju Muzeja igrač iz Nürnberga podarila Helga Geiselbrecht in je na razstavi tudi izpostavljena.

Na razstavi so prikazani kuhinjsko pohištvo, pripomočki, posodje in tekstil, ki so shranjeni v Pokrajinskem muzeju Maribor. Najstarejši razstavljen predmet so vratca stenskih omar iz začetka 17. stoletja, najmlajša pa je Marlesova kuhinja Maksima iz leta 1970, ki je bila v uporabi še leta 2016. Razstavo dopolnjuje izbor živil, pričevalci – Ivan Gabrovec, Darja Gostenčnik, Irena Kajnč, Ivanka Koprivnik, Štefka Kučan, Uroš Mencinger, dr. Svetlana Slapšak – pa posamezni vsebinski sklop zaokrožijo s svojo osebno zgodbo.

Razstava DEBATA O KUHINJI – KITCHEN DEBATE predstavlja zaključek raziskave o podpohorskih lesarskih obratih. Na Pohorju se je že v drugi polovici 18. stoletja razvila živahna lesna proizvodnja, v kateri so lesno surovino predelovali v različne izdelke, ki so jih po cestah in reki Dravi spravljali do kupcev. Tradicionalni trgi pohorske lesne trgovine so bili Podravina, Bačka in Banat. Pomembna tržišča so bila tudi Madžarska, Italija, Francija, Nemčija, Grčija in Palestina. Leta 1945 so bili vsi obrati nacionalizirani in združeni v večje enote. Na razstavi sta posebej predstavljeni dve tovarni. V Tovarni pohištva Maribor so izdelovali komplete klasičnega kuhinjskega pohištva (kredenca, zaboj za kurivo, miza in štirje stoli), v tovarni Marles pa prve jugoslovanske moderne (vgradne) kuhinje.

Razstavo so pripravili:

Avtorica razstave: dr. Mirjana Koren

Oblikovanje razstave in grafično oblikovanje: Center za raziskave dizajna

Grafična realizacija: Dejan Štampar

Avtorji razstavnih besedil: dr. Mirjana Koren, Sabina Košmrl, mag. Tadej Pungartnik, dr. Valentina Bevc Varl, Maja Hren Brvar, Vesna Koprivnik, Irena Porekar Kacafura, mag. Oskar Habjanič, dr. Blanka Vombergar

Življenjske pripovedi pripravila: dr. Breda Čebulj Sajko

Pripovedovalci: Ivan Gabrovec, Darja Gostenčnik, Irena Kajnč, Ivanka Koprivnik, Štefka Kučan, Uroš Mencinger, dr. Svetlana Slapšak

Redakcija besedil: Drago Oman

Jezikovni pregled besedil: mag. Darja Gabrovšek Homšak

Prevod besedil: Transana

Fotografije in video: Matej Kristovič

Tisk in izdelava: Tabula

Gradivo za razstavo so prispevali: Pokrajinski muzej Maribor; Tolminski muzej; Matej Masič; Muzej narodne osvoboditve, Maribor; Spielzeugmuseum (Museum Lydia Bayer), Nürnberg, Nemčija; Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, Dunaj; Alimentarium, Vevey, Švica

Konserviranje-restavriranje: Irena Porekar Kacafura, Danilo Rojko

The conception of the exhibition is based on the book How we survived communism and even laughed (1991) by the Croatian writer, Slavenka Drakulič (1949). The author describes her visits to her friends in the Eastern bloc countries which always took part in the kitchens of her hostesses. Their gatherings were hearty and despite the want full of playful joy and optimism.

The exhibition is divided into nine content-related parts and highlights the kitchen spaces within different periods and social classes, and connects particular kinds of food with a story of a person that personifies the content-related part.

In the Slovene language, the term "kitchen debate" describes three things: the living space, its furnishing and the way in which food is prepared.The exhibition displays kitchen furniture, utensils and kitchenware that are preserved by the Regional Museum Maribor.

In the Slovene colloquial language, the term "kitchen" is also a negative connotation and denotes collusive, untransparent behaviour. This fact was also taken into account when we were in our search for the title of exhibition in question. We found traces of such conduct in the literature dealing with the recent history which concerned a political debate on the highest levelwas launched by a topic so obscure for politics - kitchen equipment. The Kitchen Debate arose on the 24th of June in 1959, whwn the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev and U.S. vice president Richard Nixon met at the American National Exhibition at the Sokolniki Park in Moscow. At the exhibition concerned the Americans have among others also presented four contemporary kitchens, equipped with the state-of-the-art kitchen appliances. While the Russian women were standing in long lines in order to see these modern American kitchens, the Russian partysecretary did not only see exhibited products that eased the household chores, but also the intention of the capitalism to turn housewives into mindless consumers. As the two paradigms were faced with each other, the difference between East and West also became visible in the perception of social roles of both sexes. Throughout history, young boys were brought up to be prepared to carry out public affairs, and played with tin soldiers and model railways; young girls were determined to be houswives. Zhat is why girls were given doll kitchens, just like one which the Regional Museum Maribor received as a gift from Helga Geiselbrecht (born 1942) thanks to the facilitation of the Nuremberg Toy Museum in the year 2016.

Author of the exhibition: Dr Mirjana Koren

Exhibition design: Center for Design Research

Graphic design: Center for Design Research

Authors of texts to the exhibition: Dr Mirjana Koren, Sabina Košmrl, Mag Tadej Pungartnik, Dr Valentina Bevc Varl, Maja Hren Brvar, Vesna Koprivnik, Irena Porekar Kacafura, Mag Oskar Habjanič, Dr Blanka Vombergar

Live stories prepared by: Dr Breda Čebulj Sajko

Storytellers: Ivan Gabrovec, Darja Gostenčnik, Irena Kajnč, Ivanka Koprivnik, Štefka Kučan, Uroš Mencinger, Dr Svetlana Slapšak

Editor of the texts: Drago Oman

Language editing: Mag Darja Gabrovšek Homšak

Translation: Transana

Photo and video: Matej Kristovič

The material for the exhibition was contributed by: Regional Museum Maribor; Tolmin Museum; Matej Masič; National Liberation Museum Maribor; Nuremberg Toy Museum, Germany; University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria; Alimentarioum, Vevey, Switzerland

Conservation-restoration: Irena Porekar Kacafura, Danilo Rojko




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