Bread Head at Diessen Topfermarkt
Bread Head is a project by Campbell Works developed through a collaboration between artists:
Harriet Murray
Neil Taylor
Valentin Manz
Christine Cynn
4 Day Production Workshops at Diessener Töpfermarkt, Germany
Do, 17. Mai 2012 10:00 Uhr bis So, 20. Mai 2012 18:00 Uhr. http://diessen.de/toepfermarkt.html
Exhibition & Installation at Färberei, Munich, Germany
Vernisage: 24.Mai ab 19:00 Uhr. Ausstellung 25. Mai bis 3. Juni 2012
Öffnungszeiten: Do/Fr 16:00 bis 20:00 Uhr. Sa/So 13:00 bis 18:00 Uhr
Claude-Lorrain-Str. 25 81543 München, Germany. http://www.diefaerberei.de
With special thanks to regional support from:
Reated projects: Bread Head & A Future That Long Since Began & La Borne
The term ‘bread head’, often used derogatorily to describe someone who is obsessed with the monetary value of things, thereby implies that this sort of valuation is wrong-headed and that there ought to be a brain rather than a
Bread has been eaten for at least 10,000 years. Over the centuries the process has been refined and adapted and yet many of us have now lost the art of making this delicious staple food. Through the development of a portable
At the heart of the process is an appreciation of waiting, natural yeasts are slow and need time to digest the flour and multiply. The smells of fermentation and baking
Following the hugely successful production stage at
The Bread Head’s are displayed in a darkened room, lit only by a single bulb, so that the assorted pile of loaves takes on a prophetic potency, echoing images of mountain cairns, NGO relief agency food drops, as a host of darker references and readings.