Garden Party
(4k film installation, 16 minute loop)
The life and death of a fancy tea party. Well-dressed aristocrats gather for a garden picnic. What begins as a formal festivity of quaint conversations curtsies and bows descends into a debaucheries degenerative food fight. Filmed on location in a real garden featuring a cast of performing artists in elaborate costumes and a trio of baroque musicians. The Garden symbolizes nobility and leisure, while the petty fight of food alludes to the waste and abundance of resources by wealthy upper class. The film consists of a one-continuous static wide-shot using 4K Black magic camera.