Schlaraffenland

In the organizer's words:

Since the Middle Ages, theland of milk and honey has been called that utopian place that promises a better life and prosperity: the food flutters ready-prepared into your mouth, the wine flows directly from the vines and even the architecture is mouth-watering. A fountain of youth keeps the body healthy, wrinkle-free and pure, wages are earned in your sleep, laziness is rewarded and lies are honored. Every day is a sunny Sunday.

The promise, but also the paradox of this culinary paradise has provided fertile ground for literature, visual arts and film ever since. Today, industrialization and globalization - at least in terms of food availability and especially in Western societies - have created supposedly Schlaraffian conditions. The sensual, humorous, but also thought-provoking artistic positions and a diverse accompanying program look beyond this overflowing horizon. Like an amuse-gueule, they encourage visitors to discuss the curse and blessing of urban prosperity, growing socio-economic inequality, the relationship between excess, abundance and scarcity, nature and culture, and the value of work and craftsmanship.

Recommended readings and thematically appropriate cookbooks are available in the library of the German Cookbook Museum (Ostwall 60, 44135 Dortmund) in a handbook specially compiled for the exhibition.

With works by: Vittorio Brodmann, Belia Zanna Geetha Brückner, Liza Dieckwisch, Julia Gruner, Alwin Lay, Hannah Levy, Artist Mukbang, Josephine Scheuer, Pablo Schlumberger, Slavs and Tatars

With performances by: Belia Zanna Geetha Brückner, Julius Metzger and Artist Mukbang

Curated by Linda Schröer

UPCOMING
Saturday, September 21
MUSEUM NIGHT / open 12 - 9 pm
PERFORMANCE / 4 - 9 p.m.
Invisible Labor Bar by Julius Metzger
Bar with fermented drinks and snacks / 4 - 10 pm