Tea? A plea for a return to real-life social interactions.
Tea 2000s, Oil on linen, 2024. 46cm x 82cm, $3750
Tea 1990s, Oil on linen, 2023. 46cm x 82cm, $3750
Tea 1970s, Oil on linen, 2023. 46cm x 82cm, $3750
Tea 1950s, Oil on linen, 2023. 46cm x 82cm, $3750
Tea 1930s, Oil on linen, 2024. 46cm x 82cm, $3750
Tea 1910s, Oil on linen, 2024. 46cm x 82cm, $3750
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Tea 1980s, Oil on linen, 2024. 46cm x 82cm, $3750.
Tea 1960s, Oil on linen, 2024. 46cm x 82cm, $3750
Tea 1940s, Oil on linen, 2024. 46cm x 82cm, $3750
Tea 1920s, Oil on linen, 2024. 46cm x 82cm, $3750
Tea 1900s, Oil on linen, 2024. 46cm x 82cm, $3750
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‘Tea?’ is a practice-led research project making a plea for a return to real-life social interactions. I employ the thought-provoking, diaristic and archival characteristics of still life to address the sociocultural anthropological effects and contemporary challenges of digital communication.
Digital communication is the new normal. It is disjointed and requires reduced engagement compared to meeting in person, which can lead to increased social isolation and loneliness; both are detrimental to physical and mental health. Therefore, Tea? is designed to foreground an alternative, healthier and emotionally fulfilling experience of in-person communication. I employ era specific archival objects to connect emotionally with the audience and evoke memories of real-life social interactions. These artefacts link me, the artist, to the work through their diaristic connections, appealing to a wide age range of viewers and expanding the series’ reach and influence. The still-life characteristics of this body of work, and the widespread social habit of tea consumption, evoke positive memories of real-life communication.
Digital communication is the new normal. It is disjointed and requires reduced engagement compared to meeting in person, which can lead to increased social isolation and loneliness; both are detrimental to physical and mental health. Therefore, Tea? is designed to foreground an alternative, healthier and emotionally fulfilling experience of in-person communication. I employ era specific archival objects to connect emotionally with the audience and evoke memories of real-life social interactions. These artefacts link me, the artist, to the work through their diaristic connections, appealing to a wide age range of viewers and expanding the series’ reach and influence. The still-life characteristics of this body of work, and the widespread social habit of tea consumption, evoke positive memories of real-life communication.