Kanika Gupta
& Amit Kehar
Discarded Treasures
In-Person Workshop
Sunday October 3rd, 2021
SAW Gallery, 67 Nicholas St, Ottawa
Artist talk
– Instagram LIVE
Monday November 15th, 7:30pm
Did you ever think that food scraps affords a massive opportunity to play, explore, and imagine? Inspiration is at your fingertips and in your hands when you take a second look at everyday food waste. Visual artist Kanika Gupta and cinematographer Amit Kehar explore the reusability of these items through a video piece that introduced macro-photography as a means to create stories. The video was followed by an in-person narrative workshop during the Ontario Culture Days Festival which encouraged participants to bring in their own food scraps to create characters and stories which was added to our online gallery below. After the festival, we unveiled the images on Instagram live and had a discussion with the artists.
Artists’ bio:
Through multi-modal and sensory based work, multimedia artist Kanika Gupta is passionate about engaging public audiences with art in ways that are meaningful and inclusive. Cinematographer Amit Kehar’s practice is dedicated to the art of creating and capturing emotion to bring others into worlds that highlight the reality of environments they otherwise wouldn’t experience.
Discarded Treasures - Video
Final Images
Submissions from the public
by Rachelle Lavergne
by C. Tellis
by Rachelle Lavergne
by Bianca Fortier
by Nibu Mathew Babu
by Casidy Gerrard
by Sandra Tesolin
by Rachelle Lavergne
by Rachelle Lavergne
Articles
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Discarded Treasures by Kanika Gupta & Amit Kehar
2021 Creatives in Residence, Kanika Gupta and Amit Kehar, invite you to slow down and take a second look at every day discarded food scraps. What hidden treasures can you find when you do a double take?
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We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of Ontario and the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund a program of the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, administered by the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund Corporation.