Title: What Pleasure Is The Feast Without The Cabbage (2022). Single channel video, 00:04:11, silent

In this short film, archived footage, a digitally animated golden cabbage, and fictional text meld together to form a disconcerting narrative steeped in political symbolism and slang interpretations of the humble cabbage. The film delves into art world hierarchies and conflated status, presenting a bizarre landscape overseen by an omniscient brassica. Its narrative probes the feelings of intellectual inferiority perpetuated by inherited notions of class, and how elevating the value of something humble can shift deeply entrenched perceptions.

The work confronts expectations of new media technology ; rather than striving for digital perfection, it embraces the absurd, the glitchy and the humorous. The golden cabbage—a ludicrous yet compelling figure—serves as a metaphor for the art world’s tendency to inflate value and status, questioning what we choose to elevate and why. The film’s playful yet incisive commentary challenges viewers to reconsider the arbitrary metrics of worth and intellect that shape our cultural landscape.