Monday, January 22, 2007

Two different ways of using bread






Eat Me - Sharon Baker
A performance for which she had cast her body in bread and invited the audience to eat it with her.
Many themes were revealed in the pre-event discussion:
it subverts religious ritual, challenges our perceptions of a mundane material like bread, explores and transgresses the boundaries of the body, and engages all the senses.

Bread Body Parts - Kittiwat Unarrom
Son of a family of bakers, Kittiwat Unarrom first began his artistic career painting portraits. He then moved to sculpting in mixed media, and then made the jump to bread. Unarrom says he hopes his lifelike baked goods will make viewers and tasters focus on the nature of appearances and the act of eating.