art installation, 2004 by marlene haring

 
 
'heute bleibt die küche kalt, wir gehen in den wienerwald'
 
'heute bleibt die küche kalt, wir gehen in den wienerwald' 
freshly 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)
it also refers to the 1990 piece by martin kippenberger entitled ‘jetzt geh ich in den birkenwald
denn meine pillen wirken bald’ (I am going into the birch forest as my pills will be taking effect soon).
what a classic!