Salami Face,
Performative Digital Photographs, 2021

Salami face, 2021, is a performative response to the othering of my Slavic diasporic experience. The Australian multicultural framework has a charcuterie board of nuance that sustains each cultural identity. Food connects our understanding of a culture, at times bridging a gap between marginalised minorities, and yet it also highlights that difference is alien.

Wearing the mezza plate as a facemask symbolises ownership of the diasporic experience, finding humour in the misunderstandings of broken English as both a triumph and a failure to assimilate.

Digital/print assistance: Nick Greenwich
Camera Operations: Vanessa Henwood