‘I am the universal mother, mistress of all foods.
Though I am worshipped and eaten in many aspects, known by countless forms,
propitiated with all manner of different shapes, yet the round one is my favourite.’
‘Open your hands for a piece of her.’
‘Break it, spread it, share it.’
Panis Mater describes an abstracted bakery built of Ytong blocks on the Danube Canal embankment. It recalls a sacred site and invites people to join the adoration of Panis Mater. Together, we knead the dough, bake the loaf of the Bread Mother and thus become a part of her.
David Spanier is a member of the collective AA+ (AestheticAthletics+).
The projects focus, among others, on cooking and food as a social event.
Sophia Festini Sughi and Marietheres Reichegger have worked as a duo since 2022.
