âI spent much of my adult life looking for good bread, the bread my grandmother baked for my mom. Not out of some health-conscious or grand moral desire, but simply for taste... a taste of cultural identity. My mother spoke a great deal about the homemade limpa she grew up with. The project in VĂ€rnamo will address the personal journey, and almost mythologic relation to various breads. I wish to collaborate with VĂ€rnamo residents, and the SmĂ„land landscape, to form socially oriented and performative artworks with bread as a primary focus. These interactions will not be heavily scripted, but will be multi-faceted with several tiers of collaborative development."
                   - Melissa Vandenberg, 2018
Konceptet showroom utvecklades som respons till pandemin. KonstnÀrens mÄnadslÄnga vistelse i VÀrnamo blev instÀlld och ett verk för det offentliga rummet utvecklades som ett hybridverk. Dels arbetade  Vandenberg med VÀrnamobor via videolÀnk. Materialet blev sedan underlag för utstÀllningen i galleri BlickfÄnget. FÀll gÀrna ut videor i helskÀrmsformat
