Title & Author:

In reserve: the household! : historic models and contemporary positions from the Bauhaus / Regina Bittner, Elke Krasny (eds.) ; translations: Petra Frese, Ingrid Reuter & Rebecca Williams.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

Leipzig : Spector Books, ©2016.

Description:

352 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 24 cm.

Series:

Edition Bauhaus ; 49

Notes:
Documentation of the exhibition "Zur Kunst des Haushaltens im 21. Jahrhundert" held at Meisterhausareal, Dessau, May 5 - August 9, 2015.
Includes bibliographical references.
Garage Gropius house -- IKEA disobedients manifesto -- Mies drawing milk -- Caretaker's flat Gropius house -- Gropius evicted -- Tenancy agreements -- Demonstrations of the household -- Housework made easy -- Cook-off in the Bauhaus -- Fitted kitchen for houses -- Bauhaus household goods from A to Z -- Infrastructure of the Bauhaus buildings -- Kitchen Muche house -- The waste room of modernity -- Bedroom Muche house -- The Dessau self-assembly clothing kit -- Bedroom Schlemmer house -- To fold within as to hide -- Cleaning up after Gropius -- Photo essay: cleaning up after Gropius -- Window cleaning at the Bauhaus -- It takes a lot of work to get the natural look -- Built on sand -- Domestic dirt in the home -- Where are the missing spaces? -- Living room Schlemmer house -- Kernos: a plate for all -- Genomic gastronomy -- Book of household accounts -- Consumer association -- From Gropius to grain -- Photo essay: silo city -- Objects of storage -- Seed structures -- No free lunch -- The house as the homemaker's place of work -- Kitchen Schlemmer house -- Mary Arnold and the cooperative housing movement in Canada -- Hausrock 2.0 -- The world as one household -- Rethinking domestic labour -- The techniques of the global household -- Tour of the trade fair.

Summary:

"How are we to live in a way that is healthy and economical?" One answer to this question was provided by Ernst Jahn's film of the same name Wie wohnen wir gesund und wirtschaftlich? (1926-28), which showed the kitchen in the Gropius House complete with all the latest domestic appliances it was equipped with. The Dessau Masters' Houses were not only showcases of "new living" (Neues Wohnen) but also places where modern methods of housekeeping could be demonstrated. The topical relevance of this question was discussed at the 2015 Haushaltsmesse, an international trade fair on the art of housekeeping and budgeting. The publication Housekeeping in the Modern Age, which takes a documentary approach to this subject, now brings together these different viewpoints eyeing the question through the prism of the problems we face today. In the face of climate change and dwindling resources, the externalized costs of running a modern household are back on the (kitchen) table. The book is a compilation of essays by internationally renowned anthropologists, economists, artists, architects, historians, and cultural studies experts and also contains a wealth of historical documents and photographs.

ISBN:

9783959050913 (English edition ; hd. bd.)
3959050917 (English edition ; hd. bd.)

Subject:

Bauhaus Exhibitions.
Bauhaus
Housekeeping Germany History 20th century Exhibitions.
Travail domestique Allemagne Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.
Housekeeping
Manners and customs
Germany Social life and customs 20th century Exhibitions.
Allemagne Mœurs et coutumes 20e siècle Expositions.
Germany

Form/genre:

Exhibition publications.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
History
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Bittner, Regina.
Krasny, Elke, 1965-
Meisterhausareal (Dessau, Germany)
Edition Bauhaus ; 49.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 295006
Call No.: BIB 240903
Status: Available