Cirrus@Austlit

'In Take This, For It Is My Body, the audience are invited to enjoy a traditional afternoon tea. This typically British cultural ritual was imported to Australia by Colonists and remains a mainstay to this day, particularly in rural areas; a working day on any farm is typically punctuated by a 4pm tea break, and country tea houses offer Cream Tea in the "Devonshire" style- milky black tea, served with scones, strawberry jam and clotted cream- to passing tourists.'

'Norman appropriates this ritual as a means of reflecting on the personal and political consequences of the official Commonwealth policy of racial assimilation, a process of gradually "breeding out" the Indigenous populations of Colonial territories. They make and serve the audience a delightful spread of tea and fresh scones with jam and cream- a homely, nostaligic treat- which they can opt to consume or otherwise in the full knowledge that the scone batter includes a quantity of the artist's blood. ...' (Source: Sarah-Jane Norman website)