Inseparable Fragments, a travelling art exhibit, will be on display at the Okotoks Public Library until May 14.
Universally, each of us embarks on a deeply personal journey in daily navigating our own internal experiences and memories and making sense of our discoveries. In this solo exhibit, Santosh Korthiwada explores this inner experience through the lens of digital photographic collage.
By consciously and subconsciously assembling compositions where his memories become gatherings of disparate elements and experiences, Korthiwada delves into the intricacies of memory and identity where the past and present converge in a delicate dance of pixels and fragments.
Through a series of evocative digital collages, viewers are invited to traverse the landscapes of Korthiwada’s journey, where memories of life in India and North America blur, fragment and intertwine, shaping a narrative that can be viewed from both a deeply personal and universally resonant perspective.
Each composition includes pieces of the artist's own story, capturing moments of longing, resilience, wonder and adaptation. From vivid recollections of distant homelands to the quiet moments of introspection in a new land, Inseparable Fragments offers a window into the complex emotions that accompany immigration experiences, all rendered through the artist's meticulous digital collages.
Highlighting diasporic elements of home and migration, as well as vivid representations of fluid identity, growth and adaptation, Inseparable Fragments celebrates the power of digital collage to reclaim agency over one's narrative and the journeys we take in making sense of our conscious experiences.
The exhibit was curated by Ashley Slemming and is being circulated by TREX SW through the Alberta Society of Artists.
