Bread Whispers · Horanggasy Creative Studio, Gwangju · 2023
Bread Whispers began with a practical exchange: I offered my artwork in return for baking knowledge. During my residency in Gwangju, learning from the local bakery Bread and Roses led to repeated trials in the kitchen and occasions to share food with other people. Making bread brought my work as an artist into contact with everyday care, hospitality and the skills of another profession.
Learning ciabatta
Ciabatta was central to these baking experiments. Measuring, mixing and handling the wet dough meant learning through repetition, touch and small changes, then cutting into the loaf to see what had happened inside.
Castella and other kitchen trials
The photographic notes also follow making castella: preparing it for the oven, releasing it from the tin and sharing the finished cake.
Making room for others
The work moves between concentrated practice and social encounters. Baking in front of visitors makes the learning visible; a meal with fellow residency artists places it within a wider everyday life.
Self-made certificate and evaluation form
I designed and made both the certificate and the evaluation form below. The chef at Bread and Roses who taught me bread-making signed both documents, recording the learning exchange and the evaluation of my bread.
