2001 Aries Space Kitchen / Galley

[johnmiknight]

Hi!

Posting a few photos here of the Whirlpool Space Kitchen/Galley as seen in 2001: A Space Odyssey during the Aries flight to the moon. I'm looking for ANY photos of the prop and or any information about who and how it was made!

Thank you!

 

[Pro Mod]

There are some good screen grabs on on this site
https://www.flickr.com/photos/charletta/albums/72157604934008774/page2
It was made in the studios as is nothing more than timber and acrylic

 

[johnmiknight]

Thank you! Do you have any source material regarding your statement that is made in the studio and made of wood and acrylic? The piece was put on tour and made many stops at science shows, home and patio shows, etc. I'm trying to track down anything having to do with it's development between the Whirlpool Corporation and the studio.

 

[Pro Mod]

Unfortunately I have no knowledge of the one used for touring.

 

[Mike J.]

Would the big Taschen book have anything?

 

[joberg]

Not much of the kitchen Mike...just the regular pics we've seen before:cry

 

[johnmiknight]

Here are some scans from some press during '68 and ''69.

 

[joberg]

TFS those pics with us johnmiknight...never saw those before. Seems to me that the left pic is showing some kind of mock-up of the screen-used kitchen:confused

 

[VDOVault]

You might try contacting the people behind the 3 MMG photography archive websites...it's a long shot for sure but you never know what they might find http://www.mmgphotos.com

 

[johnmiknight]

Actually that's the actual prop. It went on a mult-year, cross country tour!

 

[joberg]

Funny that you mentioned being the real prop; lot's of those upper squares are...well, not really squared. :confused

 

[Mike J.]

Funny that you mentioned being the real prop; lot's of those upper squares are...well, not really squared. :confused

Hmmm. Look at the spacing between the square tiles in the set photos, versus the big black and white photo of the tour kitchen. They're very different. It occurs to me that Whirlpool may have rebuilt the surrounding 'tiled' areas (so the sides were clean for the viewing public), even though the appliance fronts may be original. Just a guess...

If you want some HD screencaps from the film, I can can get them. I doubt they'll reveal anything you can't already see in the lower-res images, though. Does the kitchen appear in any of the behind the scenes footage?


-MJ

 

[johnmiknight]

I would appreciate ANY scans you could supply! I really appreciate it!

 

[joberg]

Yeah...that kitchen seems re-built for the tour. Some of the details of the face doesn't match the screen-used one.

 

[Mike J.]

Grabbed some HD screencaps. Nothing revelatory, I don't think.

 

[joberg]

Thanks for those Mike J.

 

[Mike J.]

I wish I had something better for ya

 

[newworld]

Actually that's the actual prop. It went on a mult-year, cross country tour!

I'm doubtful of that. Even the Whirlpool logo presentation and position is different. I love this stuff, though.

D

 

[joberg]

It shouldn't be too difficult to build; the problem is: what's on that menu:confused

 

[Mike J.]

Some pics here, but I don't think it's anything we haven't seen before:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/2001archive/albums/72157645430443322