VCA ART 2022

Emily Norton

Honours

A strange jaunt into a world of fruits and vegetables.


A leek, carrot, eggplant, potato, garlic and tomatoes sing and dance their way from the fridge to the chopping board, to sink, to oven. They hatch a plan to run from their fate. But can they escape?


Kitchen Kabaret, single-channel video and two-channel audio, 16 minutes 14 seconds, 2022.


Blackberry Jam/Leek: Joel Garrett
Carrot: Chelsea Hyde
The Tomatoes: Helena Pisera, Noah Gill, Isolde Kieni-Judd
Potato: Bear Baxter
Garlic: Rebecca Vincent
Eggplant: Abigail Howley
Lettuce Leaf: Maddie Johnston


DoP: Siro Cavaiuolo
Composer/Sound Mixer: Riley McCullagh
Gaffer: Brodie McMullan-Jones
Choreographer: Maddie Johnston
Boom Op: Linden Norton
Makeup: Beatrix Rowe
Additional help from Lucia Smith and Alyshia McKinnon

Emily Norton, Kitchen Kabaret (still), single-channel video and two-channel audio, 16 minutes 14 seconds, 2022.
Emily Norton, Kitchen Kabaret (still), single-channel video and two-channel audio, 16 minutes 14 seconds, 2022.
Emily Norton, Kitchen Kabaret (still), single-channel video and two-channel audio, 16 minutes 14 seconds, 2022.
Emily Norton, Kitchen Kabaret (still), single-channel video and two-channel audio, 16 minutes 14 seconds, 2022.
Emily Norton, Kitchen Kabaret (still), single-channel video and two-channel audio, 16 minutes 14 seconds, 2022.
Emily Norton, Kitchen Kabaret (still), single-channel video and two-channel audio, 16 minutes 14 seconds, 2022.
Emily Norton, Kitchen Kabaret (install view), single-channel video and two-channel audio, 16 minutes 14 seconds, 2022. Documentation by Lucy Foster.
Emily Norton, Kitchen Kabaret (install view), single-channel video and two-channel audio, 16 minutes 14 seconds, 2022. Documentation by Lucy Foster.

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