ID: 700009229 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009229	Record Type: Movable Work
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Semiotics of the Kitchen (video recording (physical artifact); Martha Rosler (American, born 1943); release date: 1975; Museum of Modern Art (New York City, New York state, United ...; 718.1981)

Note: Video commentary on traditional roles for women in U.S. society. Dressed as a housewife, the artist parodies television cooking shows from the mid-20th century, assigning a different letter of the alphabet to each domestic implement.

Titles:

Semiotics of the Kitchen (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,P)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

video recording (physical artifact) [300028682] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), information artifacts, <information artifacts by physical form>, recordings)

performance art [300121445]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, time-based works)

Classifications:

films / videos (preferred)

Creation Date: release date: 1975

Creator Display:

Martha Rosler (American, born 1943) [preferred]

creator Rosler, Martha (American video artist, performance artist, and critic, born 1943) [500097623]

Locations:

Current: Museum of Modern Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500303609] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 718.1981

Credit Line: Purchase

Display Materials: black and white video, sound

	video recording (process) [300417974]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <filmmaking and filmmaking processes and techniques>)

	videotapes [300028689]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), information artifacts, <information artifacts by physical form>, recordings, video recordings (physical artifacts))

	black-and-white films (visual works) [300417958]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, motion pictures (visual works))

	sound films [300417955]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, motion pictures (visual works))

Dimensions: 6.05-minute video

Cultures:

American (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	modern (generic time frame) [300379388] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <generic styles| periods| and cultures>)

General Subject:

performance art (preferred,isness)

activity

Specific Subjects:

	gender role [300055147]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), social science concepts, sociological concepts, social structure) (AAT)

	kitchen [300004514]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, built work divisions, rooms and spaces, <rooms and spaces by function>, <work and instructional spaces>) (AAT)

	semiotics [300054254]
	.....(Activities Facet, Disciplines (hierarchy name), disciplines (concept), humanities, <linguistics and related disciplines>, linguistics-related disciplines) (AAT)

	black-and-white film (visual works) [300417958]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, motion pictures (visual works)) (AAT)

	sound film [300417955]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, motion pictures (visual works)) (AAT)

Copyright: 2017 Martha Rosler. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: performance art or installations

Sources and Contributors:
Semiotics of the Kitchen	........ [VP]
	........ Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) [online] (2010-) accessed 25 January 2017
	........ Smithsonian Museum of American Art (SAAM) [online] (2000-) accessed 25 January 2017

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) [online] (2010-) accessed 25 January 2017

....................... Smithsonian Museum of American Art (SAAM) [online] (2000-) accessed 25 January 2017

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) [online] (2010-) accessed 25 January 2017
	..... Smithsonian Museum of American Art (SAAM) [online] (2000-) accessed 25 January 2017