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Updated On: 23 March, 2010 08:06 AM IST | | Ishita Sharma
And all that goes into the forgotten culture of family meals forms the Don't Hurry, Don't Worry show, which evokes the wisdom behind the age-old maxim, 'the family that eats together stays together'
And all that goes into the forgotten culture of family meals forms the Don't Hurry, Don't Worry show, which evokes the wisdom behind the age-old maxim, 'the family that eats together stays together'
Remember your grandmother's strict instructions whenever you used to leave home to study or play at friend's place? 'No matter what time you come back, the entire family has to eat together', she would invariably say. Inspired by these and many more little slices from everyday life, artist Gautam Kansara comes up with interesting anecdotes related to the concepts of memory and ageing, familial hierarchies, emotional availability, and cultural displacement, giving us a peep into his growing up years. A series of video, photo, and sound-based works bring alive his childhood memories, probably yours, too. 
Goodbye gourmet: I'm Leaving shows the last family meal before the
grandfather leaves the country
An ode to family ties
Recordings of Kansara and his family in spontaneous conversation anchor the works, which, through tight editing, reveal shifting dynamics of influence and support, which a family feels at some point or the other.
Using a combination of long-exposure and motion photography, Gautam uses digital prints and high definition video, along with stationary cameras compressed to include a variety of videos pictures and sound-based art works reminiscent of a microcosm of the wider world, and the problems that plague our everyday life. "A chore as simple as eating together helps a family come closer as I have showcased in my work called Dahl, Baht, Roti, Shak. I have been brought up in a joint family and this is something that I hold very close to my heart. I eat with my family and feel that it really helps binding it together. So I thought that it will be an interesting idea to include the age-old practice of family eating as part of my exhibition," says Gautam.
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