SILAS FONG

Bread Whispers — Gwangju

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2023 · Horanggasy Creative Studio, Gwangju
Bread-making, performance and photographic documentation

Bread Whispers began during my residency at Horanggasy Creative Studio. I learned from the local bakery Bread and Roses, practised in the residency kitchen, and shared the bread with fellow artists. Baking became a reason to gather and begin conversations. These photographs follow experiments with dough, the loaves they produced, and the performance of making and sharing bread.

한국어

호랑가시나무 창작소 레지던시에서 시작한 빵소리는 지역 빵집 ‘빵과 장미’에서 배운 제빵을 연습하고 동료 예술가들과 나누는 작업이다. 반죽과 발효의 실험, 빵을 굽고 나누는 과정은 사람들이 모여 대화를 시작하는 계기가 되었다.

Bread Whispers, performance setting at Horanggasy Creative Studio, Gwangju, 2023.
Making and sharing bread during the Gwangju performance, 2023.
Baking in front of visitors during Bread Whispers, Gwangju, 2023.

Learning through practice

Photographic notes record the repeated work of measuring, mixing, shaping, baking and tasting.

Bread-making experiments and photographic notes, Gwangju, 2023.
Bread-making experiments and photographic notes, Gwangju, 2023.
Bread-making experiments and photographic notes, Gwangju, 2023.
Bread-making experiments and photographic notes, Gwangju, 2023.
Bread-making experiments and photographic notes, Gwangju, 2023.
Bread-making experiments and photographic notes, Gwangju, 2023.
Bread-making experiments and photographic notes, Gwangju, 2023.
Bread-making experiments and photographic notes, Gwangju, 2023.
Bread-making experiments and photographic notes, Gwangju, 2023.

Records of learning

Bread-making course certificate, November 2023.
Bread-making assessment record, November 2023.

Continue with Bread Whispers: A Study of Wheat, 2026.

Project photographs and notes from the artist’s archive. Performance context: ARKO Art Center programme.

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