PARTY and POP-UP EXHIBITION
at TURTLELAB BERLIN
14th February 2026 from 7 p.m.
Motto of the Day: KITCHEN STORIES
(Image: Tokoname’s Giant Maneki Neko)
You will find a Kunstpotluck with works by the Turtlelab crew and friends:
Yuki Jungesblut, Sharon Paz, Jeremiah Day and Daniel Schaal
&
Susanne Britz
Mirja Busch
Thilo Droste
Dana Engfer
Yoko Jungesblut
Guy Königstein
Bjørn Melhus
Jenny Michel
Ayumi Rahn
Caspar Stracke
Frederic Vidal
and hopefully some surprise guests!
– which turned out to be: Alisa Margolis & Christine Kriegerowski
Our studio has a relatively large kitchen which we use as our shared communal space. We have long been intending to use this particular constellation for a casual studio exhibition celebrating this vital, sometimes underestimated space where lots of time is spent, stories are shared and ideas are cooked. Since we love social research our celebration comes with a light nod to Salmer fra kjøkkenet (Kitchen Stories) a film by Bent Hamer that was released in 2003.
Please bring a bottle and/or a snack and a friendly face!
The following images were collected on the internet for interest and are tentatively shown here for information purposes (sources indicated). They did not directly feature in the event or the exhibition. Please contact us if there are any objections:
(Actual Kitchen Research, a report on which inspired Salmer fra kjøkkenet apparently)
https://popularhistoria.se/samhalle/utbildning/hushallssysslor-blev-vetenskap
Follow the link below to watch an interesting film (made by the Swedish Television) about the original kitchen optimisation research – The Home Research Institute (HFI) was formed in 1944 by housewife associations and women’s organisations and was financed by the state. On the occasion of the advent of industrial society and the development of the modern people’s home in the 1940s, they wanted to rationalize housewives‘ working conditions and facilitate the work of the housewife. The institute worked on developing research and information on consumer issues and was the first state organization to supervise consumer issues. (Source: Stockholm City museum website).
https://stockholmskallan.stockholm.se/post/35330
Here you can find some information on the film by Bent Hamer, which is a peculiar, curious and unexpected mix of meditating on social research, observing human existence, celebrating human connection and friendship, comedy and tragedy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitchen_Stories
(We can totally relate.)