- Intervention
- Public Art
Küchen Kabine
William Winter / Ana Santos
3 July 2026 19:00–22:00
4 July 2026 13:00–20:00
5 July 2026 13:00–19:00
How do the objects we consider waste continue to affect, interact with, and transform our environment?
In a city shaped by constant change, Küchen Kabine investigates the hidden life cycles of urban waste materials. The project emerged from the observation that Berlin neighborhoods undergoing transformation often leave behind typical German sanitary ceramics. These objects were once part of private domestic spaces and are now removed, frequently because their original design is no longer considered suitable or desirable.
Küchen Kabine transforms these reclaimed objects into new, functional tableware. The material undergoes a careful ceramic process, including selection, professional cleaning and disinfection, cutting, reshaping, high-temperature firing, glazing, and finishing. What was once part of an intimate domestic infrastructure re-enters circulation within a shared social space.
Small portions of sauces prepared by us from sustainable, regional, or surplus ingredients are served on these vessels. Visitors are invited to taste them, turning the act of sampling into a participatory exploration of transformation — not only of ingredients, but of matter itself.
The project reflects on the vitality of materials and the entanglement of human and non-human forces. The material is not treated as waste, but as an active element embedded in ecological, social, and aesthetic systems. It subtly questions culturally shaped categories such as clean and dirty, inside and outside, private and public. By transforming these objects into functional ceramic artworks, the boundary between waste, utility, and aesthetic value is playfully renegotiated.
The project addresses people of all ages and invites them to explore how materials actively shape shared experiences.
In a city shaped by constant change, Küchen Kabine investigates the hidden life cycles of urban waste materials. The project emerged from the observation that Berlin neighborhoods undergoing transformation often leave behind typical German sanitary ceramics. These objects were once part of private domestic spaces and are now removed, frequently because their original design is no longer considered suitable or desirable.
Küchen Kabine transforms these reclaimed objects into new, functional tableware. The material undergoes a careful ceramic process, including selection, professional cleaning and disinfection, cutting, reshaping, high-temperature firing, glazing, and finishing. What was once part of an intimate domestic infrastructure re-enters circulation within a shared social space.
Small portions of sauces prepared by us from sustainable, regional, or surplus ingredients are served on these vessels. Visitors are invited to taste them, turning the act of sampling into a participatory exploration of transformation — not only of ingredients, but of matter itself.
The project reflects on the vitality of materials and the entanglement of human and non-human forces. The material is not treated as waste, but as an active element embedded in ecological, social, and aesthetic systems. It subtly questions culturally shaped categories such as clean and dirty, inside and outside, private and public. By transforming these objects into functional ceramic artworks, the boundary between waste, utility, and aesthetic value is playfully renegotiated.
The project addresses people of all ages and invites them to explore how materials actively shape shared experiences.
Biography
William Winter / Ana Santos
William Winter (b. 1985, Chicago, USA). As a musician in the post-punk and noise rock scene, he developed an early interest in urban materials and found objects. His artistic practice combines sculpture, installation, and performative actions, often incorporating a humorous reflection on domestic aesthetics, industrial objects, and urban transformations.
Ana Santos (b. 1992, Portugal). Influenced by design, anthropology, and art, her practice is inherently multidisciplinary. She actively engages in the ongoing negotiation of skill, perception, and embodiment, demonstrating how bodies, objects, and technologies interweave to enable new forms of understanding and experience.
Ana Santos (b. 1992, Portugal). Influenced by design, anthropology, and art, her practice is inherently multidisciplinary. She actively engages in the ongoing negotiation of skill, perception, and embodiment, demonstrating how bodies, objects, and technologies interweave to enable new forms of understanding and experience.
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