The midwife’s blessing

The midwife’s blessing – Daczó Enikő and Kolumbán Hanna
2015 November / Saint George, Romania

This work is part of a thematic contemporary art exhibition  named ANAHITA made by the above mentioned artists who shares their interests in defining womanhood: the sensitivity of the female soul, grievances and joys. The aim of the exhibition is the breakdown of social stereotypes of womanhood.
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Processed food

Photographers Barbara Ciurej and Lindsay Lochman have released their latest photography project that includes refashioned American landscapes. The two creatives have taken famous photos of American scenery and have recreated them using processed foods.

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Cheese sculpture

San Francisco-based fast-casual eatery group The Melt, whose fifteen locations in California and Colorado include one on Telegraph Avenue, mere blocks from the UC Berkeley campus, has just shattered the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® record for largest cheese sculpture.

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Bread of 250 kilo

Bread of Pannonian Basin – 2015, aug.20

The huge bread was made by 5 bakers from different countries neighboring Hungary, where major Hungarian minority lives. Diószegi László, master baker from Saint George guided the process He also made several attempts in the past to bake huge breads.

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Photo: Bugány János/MTI

The bread was baked with the occasion of Hungarian national day in Szolnok, Hungary. The ingredients were also brought from different part of the Pannonian Basin. The baked bread was sanctified and it was distributed among the celebrants. Another bread of similar size and composition was sent in the morning in Transylvania, Romania, with the occasion of “Cluj Hungarian Days”. It took about six and a half hours at 430 degrees Celsius to bake the bread. Therefore a thick burned crust was formed, which after a few minutes of cooling it was removed with a specially crafted scraper.

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Photo: Bugány János/MTI
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Photo: Bugány János/MTI