gastronomical essays

10 min / stop motion

a stop motion video work installed in a domestic environment, gastronomical essays mimics the routine consumption of fabricated news in indian households. the materiality and techniques in the work are at play to create familiarity with the viewer, with satire, whimsical props, and softness you are made to believe something joyous awaits. once these thematics are established making one comfortable, the visuals are then layered with brutal truths scripted based on prominent socio-political developments in their home country.