Ons Dagelijksch Brood
2020
colour HD video
stereo sound
Duration: 2’40”
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.