Wild Bread

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Indigo Giertz

Disintegration, October 2023

Unsliced sesame seeded factory square loaf with evidence of being pulled apart or eaten. Batman park, Naarm.
35mm 400 ISO Colour Photograph

Jules R.

Mouldy Slices, October 2023

Factory slices and artisinal endpiece in various states of mould, scattered about base of tree. East Brunswick.
Digital photo.

Indigo Giertz

Pizza Piece, October 2023

Remains of discarded pizza puffed crust at base of tree, Richmond
Digital photo.

Indigo Giertz

Communion Bread, October 2023

Discarded coles bakery items on stairs of abadoned church, Sydney Road.
Digital photo taken on Kyocera KYF31 Keitai at 72dpi.

Indigo Giertz

Bread Drain, September 2023

Bread scraps under drainpipe.
Digital photo taken on Kyocera KYF31 Keitai at 72dpi.

Indigo Giertz

Corvid-Cut Loaf, September 2023

Loaf of the possible wholemeal variety, partially eaten by crows and camouflaged among railway ballast. Caulfield.
Digital photo.

Valerie W.

Portrait of the Artist, Toastie, September 2023

Wild Bread Curator Indigo Giertz points towards wild cheese toastie in Melbourne Laneway.
Digital photo taken on Kyocera KYF31 Keitai at 72dpi.

Indigo Giertz

Pizza Night, September 2023

Half of meatlovers style pizza and half of factory style garlic bread in pizza box atop wastebin. Huntingdale Station.
35mm 800 ISO Colour Photograph

Indigo Giertz

Burger Night, August 2023

'Milkrun' delivery discarded on road in non-residential area. Contents include hamburger buns, boxed frozen pizza and ingredients to assemble hamburgers. Photographer also notes these items have travelled less than 100m from their original store.
35mm 200 ISO Colour Photograph

Indigo Giertz

Artisinal Sandwich, August 2023

Top and bottom slice of a artisial sandwich. possible chicken filling. Olympic Boulevard, Naarm.
35mm 200 ISO Colour Photograph

Indigo Giertz

Baker's Half-Dozen II, August 2023

Bag of 5 bread rolls dropped from platform into railway ballast. Richmond Station, Naarm.
35mm 200 ISO Colour Photograph

Indigo Giertz

Combination Bread Rolls, 24 July 2023

$1.60 AUD of bread rolls, reduced for clearance sale. 3 sourdough white, 3 sourdough seeded rolls. discarded on wall visible in background of littered bread.
35mm 200 ISO Colour Photograph

Indigo Giertz

Sesame Buns, 31 July 2023

Sesame seeded bread rolls with signs of bird or vermin damage albeit unnatended by wildlife. Brunswick.
Digital photo taken on Kyocera KYF31 Keitai 72dpi.

Indigo Giertz

Wholemeal Sandwich 3, 30 July 2023

Four slices wholemeal sandwich bread behind bench in morning, Sydney Road.
Digital Photograph.

Indigo Giertz

Saturday Night Kebab, A Sunday in July, 2023

Half-eaten lamb doner style kebab left in windowsill, markedly stale pita. Kebab shop in background. Brunswick.
35mm 200 ISO Colour Photograph

Indigo Giertz

Bahn Mi, July 2023

Remnants of bahn mi in shopping trolley, Brunswick.
35mm 200 ISO Colour Photograph

Indigo Giertz

Flatbread Crusts and Wild Nang, July 2023

Bag of mouldy flatbread crusts, empty ciggarette packaging discarded in nature strip along with empty nang canister. Banyule, Victoria.
Digital Photograph.

Harvey Rayson

Sandwiches of the Suspected Ham Variety, July 2023

Ziplock bag containing five sandwiches comprised of factory wonder-white bread and filling that is beleived to be ham. Upperthorpe, Sheffield.
Digital Photograph.

Hayley Gun

Currie Bread, April 2023

Slices of white factory bread arranged around tree. Currie st, Tandanya.
Digital Photograph.

Indigo Giertz

Challah Bread, April 2023

Glicks 'naturally soft' challah bread in packaging left on bench. no artificial preservatives. Source of Protein. Source of Fibre. Misplaced at Monash University, Clayton.
Digital Photograph.

Maple

Lawn Crossaints, April 2023

Three factory crossaints on frosted grass at night.
Digital Photograph.

Indigo Giertz

Half Loaf, 19 May 2023

half of 700g artisanal sourdough in gutter, Sydney Road.
Digital Photograph.

Indigo Giertz

Night Slice, April 2023

Sliced white bread on suburban front yard at night. Brunswick.
35mm 200 ISO Colour Photograph

Indigo Giertz

Night Rolls, April 2023

Variety of bread rolls, varying integrity, discarded in street garden at night. Brunswick.
35mm 200 ISO Colour Photograph

Indigo Giertz

Two Loaves, 05 April 2023

Coles white Sandwich Loaf. Abbots Village bakery wholemeal loaf, slices taken. Discarded at Clayton, in rain.
35mm 200 ISO Colour Photograph

Indigo Giertz

D class, 06 May 2023

2x wholemeal slices on D-2 class tram floor, Naarm.
digital photograph

Rachel M.

Wild Bread and Friends, 05 May 2023

Wild Bread Loaf, Banana, Potato, Strawberries, plum on kerb. Bowden.
Digital Photo

Indigo Giertz

Baker's quarter-dozen, April 2023

600g jumbo white soft rolls 6pk, three missing. Sydney road.
200iso 35mm colour film.

Indigo Giertz

Baker's Half-dozen, 30 April 2023

600g Jumbo Multigrain Rolls 6pk, one missing. Reduced for quick sale to 60 cents. Carpark, Brunswick.
Digital photo.

Indigo Giertz

Baguette at Night, 27 April 2023

Factory-cut slices of bread roll littered in laneway at night. Brunswick.
Digital photo.

Indigo Giertz

Breadbasket, 08 April 2023

Laundry basket of various artisinal bread loaves in laneway at night, unsliced. Not stale.
35mm 200 iso colour film

Indigo Giertz

Easter Season, 20 April 2023

half dozen packet of Cadbury milk chocolate hot cross buns. three remain.
Digital photo taken on Kyocera KYF31. 72dpi.

Indigo Giertz

Glitch, 02 April 2023

Remnants of wonder white loaf among garbage. Package reads: this packaging is 100% recyclable.
Digital photo with unknown artificing error

Indigo Giertz

Night Rolls, 05 March 2023

Half dozen wholegrain bread rolls in plastic bag in bicycle lane in darkness.
35 colour film

Indigo Giertz

Between Bins, 03 March 2023

Partial slice and crust between rubbish bins, Clayton.
35mm colour film.

N. Howson

Див Тост, 03 March 2023

Single round of toasted bread on patterned, tiled sidewalk. Sofia.

Kim Day

Untitled, 02 March 2023

loaf of pre-sliced bread in plain plastic bag on road at night. Loaf contains minimum one(1) roach. Meanjin Rd, Yeronga.

Indigo Giertz

Wet Flatbread, 01 March 2023

Crumpled remains of flatbread on rainy morning after barbeque, Clayton.
35mm colour film.

Indigo Giertz

Escalator Slice, 28 February 2023

Single slice of white bread fallen between escalator and stairs, overlooking Spencer Street, Naarm, in rain.

Indigo Giertz

Flatbread, 20 February 2023

Two flatbreads, potato chips, tartare sauce, in carpark next to railway track. Brunswick.

N. Howson

Wildes Brot, 15 February 2023

A square cutting into a large tree stump in forest, stuffed with small bread rolls. Wien.

Erasmus the Lopsided

Carpark Loaf, 10 February 2023

Half of square-loaf white bread in industrial carpark, Brunswick.

Indigo Giertz

Sandwich, 9 February 2023

Remains of egg and dirt sandwich on white bread, triangle cut. Coburg.

Helen Maysey

Toast, 24 January 2023

A single peice of toast on grass, bite marks on one side.

Indigo Giertz

Triangles After Thunderstorm, 17 January 2023

Soggy triangle-cut slices of white sandwich bread in bicycle lane at night, Lonsdale Street, Melbourne.

Indigo Giertz

Crumpets, 13 January 2023

Packet of 6 Golden Bakery crumpets. Packaging is damaged but all crumpets remain. Brunswick.

Indigo Giertz

Sausage in Bread, 5 January 2023

Dried beef sausage in stale bread roll nestled in foliage under elevated rail line, Coburg. Sans condiments or onions.