White kettle affixed to wall; looped video projection.

Frying pan with milk.
Projected onto the milk is footage of Ham the chimp, the first hominid launched into outer space.

Two monitors, two eyes, and a microwave, with toy kitchen inside.

Fridge, toy tank.
In the freezer, footage of humans, polar bears, and arctic landscapes.

Pot, earth, worms, and video of a woman on a gurney.
You can see her breathe if you peer into her little coffin.

You see your face projected onto David’s, to the tune of 18 pop songs telling you you are beautiful.

Dishwasher, books, circuit boards, laptop, and Google.
Filtered knowledge.

REVIEW

Walking into Francesca Talenti’s Genesis: Mishaps in the Kitchen is like walking into a warped fusion of science and technology with your average kitchen… Using actual-sized appliances, small-scale sculpture elements and video and audio presentation, Talenti’s alternative kitchen asks big questions… Each installation intersects life with machine. Talenti points to the idea of how scientific development has led us to create technology, which, in turn, is now having a hand in our own creation.

-Sarah Lupton, The Independent Weekly
http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/francesca-talenti-re-imagines-lifes-origins/Content?oid=1202989