kittiwat unarrom: “body bakery”.
15 05 2008This brings weird to a whole new level. Thai Fine Art student and artist Kittiwat Unarrom is the son of a baker. All that baking exposure growing up has been a clear influence, but his artistic need to see things a little differently definitely flared up as he created the tacitly named “Body Bakery” - brutally, gruesomely, almost unbelievably realistic looking sculptures of dismembered human body parts sculpted entirely from bread.
Here’s the real kicker - they’re packaged like food and up for sale at his showroom / gallery / exhibition / bakery / torture-chamber / oddity / tourist attraction in Ratchaburi, Thailand. Check out the video below to see the packaged goods and some footage of Unarrom at work:
I’m vacillating between being incredibly impressed at his (disturbingly authentic) sculptural skills and a desire to vomit. I’ve seen some hyper-realistic sculpture before, but, at the risk of becoming completely inarticulate… these really, really, really look like heads.
Unarrom himself is almost charmingly candid about his art…
“Of course, people were shocked and thought that I was mad when they saw the works. But once they knew the idea behind it, they understood and became interested in the work itself, instead of thinking that I am crazy.”
Inspired and informed by anatomy book and visits to forensic museums, he makes sure that none of your various body part bread desires go unfulfilled: he also makes feet, hands, and internal organs which come displayed impaled on hooks. Made from dough, raisins, cashew nuts, and chocolate, all of the works on display are totally edible. (insert cannibalism joke here). (insert “eat me” joke here). (insert “put your foot where your mouth is” joke here).
“When people see the bread, they don’t want to eat it. But when they taste it, it’s just normal bread. The lesson is ‘don’t judge just by outer appearances.”
Right. That’s the lesson…
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I wonder how people would react if you smuggled one of these into their fridge, reaction would make a good youtube video
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I too have mixed feelings about this, ranging from nausea to admiration. However the thing I’m probably most disturbed about is the effect this has on children who have viewed it (see the video). Despite the fact that I’m old enough to have certain values and know the difference between cannibalism and bread that looks incredibly like human flesh, I’m still conflicted. So my point is this - how then does a child respond to this?
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It’s (pardon the pun) bloody brilliant I tell you! What a talented artist and creative mind!
I definitely would love to see someone’s reaction at finding this in their cabinet or refrigerator. Bizarre, but brilliant work here.
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Phew.. *yuckh* *vomit*
thats pretty awesome! I would eat that bread all day long in public to freak people out haha.
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Mattysars’ comment asking how a child would respond to this as artwork is an interesting one. Even though figurative, does the context give a child less grounds to react to the pieces? Is their reaction to the Pieta substantively and emotionally different, for example?
I have a five-year-old and nine-year-old girl and boy. I will NOT be exposing this to them to gauge a reaction.
[...] kittiwat unarrom: “body bakery”. « shape + colour — I’ll take two feet of bread, thank you. And one head. This brings weird to a whole new level. Thai Fine Art student and artist Kittiwat Unarrom is the son of a baker. All that baking exposure growing up has been a clear influence, but his artistic need to see things a little differently definitely flared up as he created the tacitly named “Body Bakery” - brutally, gruesomely, almost unbelievably realistic looking sculptures of dismembered human body parts sculpted entirely from bread. [...]
everybody is somebody elses weird…
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I think this is a good statement of the absurd in eating meat.
Wow, that looks extremely realistic and awesome.
It could be a good, ecological alternative to prosthetics made out of plastic for horror films. Once you are done with your decapitation or amputation scary scene, you could all get together and have some bread with tea.
Personally, I’d buy a few pieces for shock and yummness.
This is effing great!!!!
Wonderful art! Creative people rock!!!
First you get a few of these, a bunch of people with film equipment tagging along with you and shove the things in a mini fridge and try to sneak it through customs, fashioned like a gag show. Only then you post the whole thing on Youtube.
I’d like one for a roast beef sandwich.
Serious, though, amazing talent.
Crazy.
Of all things: it takes the quote “never judge the book from its cover” to an entirely different level.
It’s like Joel-Peter Witkin, the Snack Food!
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Mattysars:
“So my point is this - how then does a child respond to this?”
Quite obvious how a child would react to this - by refusing to eat it until the crust is removed
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Thai children grow up with a different understanding of this. They are confronted with the blood and guts reality of human physiology on the front page of the newspapers everyday, where photos of those killed in wrecks or gunfights with police are shown in grisly post-mortem splendor.
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i LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE this.
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Wow, this is amazing!
i want to eat one of those pieces
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So very real………I WANT EM
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I think, I love this guy. I wish I could get that stuff here in my state. I would sit at the local park with some garlic oil and a head of bread and just have a snack.
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Ew…yet artistic. Look on the bright side - at least it’s not REAL flesh the kids would be desensitized into eating, as the majority are.
I personally love this. And YES, I would expose my children to this because throughout our days, we see just as bad on tv or while we play online games.
Personally Id love to get one of the human head ones, rip a hole on the back of the skull and use it as a giant Chili-Bowl so i can just scoop out his meaty treats while he stares off at eternity.
tripping on acid while around this shit might be a bit much tho.
anyone know where i can order some?
TOTALLY WEIRD… BUT COOL!
i’d do anything to eat these
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does he keep a list of customers names for law enforcement? …..in case someone decides they’d rather have the real thing? ewww i’d loose my appetite if i tried to eat these *pukes*