Bread Bandits Art Action Documentation



Bread Bandits Art Action #1
Dupont Circle fountain
July 5, 1997





The first Bread Bandits Art Action was completed by circumscribing the fountain at Dupont Circle with sliced white Wonderbread, handing out manifestoes and identifier cards, and talking to the audience about the sculpture.
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Object: View of the completed bread sculpture. The bread rests on the curb of the fountain, central to people passing through the circle, but out of the way of through traffic and those who want to sit on the fountain's edge.


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Action: The artist laying down slices of sliced white bread on the curb of Dupont Circle Fountain.


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Action: The artist discussing the sculpture with passersby. Bread Bandits assistants on the benches in the background, while another assistant videotapes the event.


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