Enora Lalet is a food visual artist. After a Masters degree in Arts and a degree in Anthropology, she exhibited her culinary portraits in Bordeaux (2010), introducing her series of cooked pictures, "Cooking Faces". Food now being her favourite material, she has taken part in the making of cookery books for social associations in favour of children, in gastronomy festivals in France as well as international art residencies.
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Enora, where are you from and where do you live now?
I was born in Biarritz and spent a part of my childhood in Indonesia. Now I live in Bordeaux, but I travel a lot for art residencies outside of France (Indonesia 2016-2017, Colombia 2017, India 2017-2018, New Caledonia 2016...)
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How would you describe your artistic style?
Transdisciplinary artwork: a mix of food art, fabric, fashion, design, scenography, installation, photography, bodypainting... I mix culture and share it with alterity.
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What's on top of your bucket list (as an artist or just as a person)?
To experience El Bulli Restaurant, an exhibition in New York, walking on the moon, visiting all countries of the world, a stay in an Ashram in India.
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Analogue or digital?
Digital.
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New York or remote mountain hut?
Remote mountain hut with the possibility to go to NY sometimes :)
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Becks or Merlot?
Merlot.
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And a little Proust: What is your idea of perfect happiness?
To live in the present, to be connected with energy, to share and to love all the time.
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Which living person do you most admire?
My father.
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What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Respect.
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What or who is the greatest love of your life?
The sun.
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If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?
A dancer.
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The world needs more...
spirituality.
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I’ve changed my mind about…
durian.
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What most people don't understand is…
love.
