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Ons Dagelijksch Brood


colour HD video 2’40” with stereo sound, 2020
Ons Dagelijksch Brood is the phrase beautifully carved onto an old wooden plate found in a flea market many years ago in Bruges. The concept of ‘our daily bread’ is redolent with religious promise, supplication and thanksgiving. Here, the bread dough disconcertingly breathes a vitality of its own. Its bulk expands and contracts before being vigorously pummelled with curious, whispered incantation. The power dynamic between bread and baker in this domestic ritual remains ambiguous; something carnal accompanies the exertions of kneading.

2025 screened as part of Dialogues by Sophie Standford (UK) 
DIVFUSE Film Archive No.1 with a theme on domesticity.

© Sophie Standford, 2025
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