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Group Members:<\/strong> Anika Tahsin<\/div>\n
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In my works of art, I am focusing on food and intend to bring about a sense of community. Specifically focusing on the sense of sight, taste, and the soul. My work is directed towards people who grew up in New York City. With the familiar pizzas as a quick bite and the nostalgic jingle of Mister Softee\u2019s ice cream trucks in the summer. I\u2019ve also decided to cultivate something personal, a skeletal Hilsa, which is a fish, symbolizing my ethnic identity. Along with a Surrealist Collage of a comical take on food. The main message I want to convey is that food can look a certain way to people, yet the memories associated with the taste and the soul varies from person to person. <\/span>As I created food through my lens, I came to realize that external factors, like price or memories, can contribute to the overall experience of the food itself, which is what I felt with the pizza and fish. I hope my work allows people to reconnect with the moments that made their versions of the food in my art so meaningful.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nHow did completing your project help you explore the role of arts in the lives of New Yorkers and their communities?<\/strong><\/p>\n

By completing this project, I was able to explore the role art plays in the lives of New Yorkers by evoking shared nostalgia. While looking at various masterpieces in museums and art in the streets of NYC, I tried to relate to them which is exactly the type of feeling I want to bring to my viewers. I believe that art isn\u2019t something that is viewed, but also experienced, which is why I focused on the theme, Food in NYC. In my project I have created works I grew up with, pizza, ice cream, and fish. I believe New York is known for their pizzas. For many others and myself, the $1 cheese slice was a regular quick bite with friends after school. Every summer, I'd either walk by the park at around 6 pm or leave elementary-middle school and always hear the jingle of Mister Softee's, whilst children ran to the ice cream truck. As for the fish, it was more personal as I grew up on various forms of fish curry, and always having to pick a pescatarian dish for the alternate halal option. With New York City having a wide range of diverse groups, I want to invite the audience to see food through my lens. That being gradient because even though some ingredients look familiar, the taste is in the experiences that were created. To me food is a form of art. Whether it be one creating it or experiencing it. So, after looking at my artwork, I want the viewer to simply recall a memory of the last time they had the food before them.<\/p>\n

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