The dynamism of the kitchen’s form and functionality is driven by creativity and adaptability. When perceived metaphorically as a studio space, the creative facilitation is not limited to cooking, she says: “Various other processes like preparing for the meal, organising storage, or cleanliness hacks are part of the creative process. Even the ephemeral aspects of a kitchen add to its creative experience: from the conversations held inside, to the sounds produced by different recipes, or the emotions left behind by families. One of the simplest examples of creative facilitation in the kitchen is the diverse ways in which people reuse leftovers.” It’s similar to a client brief or an artist’s statement; available ingredients act as creative tools. “While someone might make curd rice with leftover rice, in Gujarati households, it’s used to make a snack called sekla [similar to chilla],” she illustrates.

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The workshop will help participants explore the kitchen through archival interpretation, reimagining the functionality of the space and mapping the sensorial experience of being in it. Guest speakers include author Krish Ashok, artist-archivist Soumya Bhave, and Afrah Shafiq, a multi/new-media artist. “Participants will be exposed to innumerable possibilities of engaging with cultural and historical narratives. The guest speakers’ practices will introduce them to different forms of creative representation. These outcomes will aid participants in developing a new understanding of the kitchen, cooking or food, where discourses of [but not limited to] cultural responsibility, gender politics, socio-economics, technological landscapes, ecological sensibility or even cosmology might come together,” Shah concludes.

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