Not Vegan
Video, 2025
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About the artwork
An auntie narrates: “Long, long time ago, before jellies were food, they were friends. And my goodness, they tasted good.” This work revisits old collage-style recipes for cooking jellies: strange, whimsical instructions that are now almost impossible to decipher. It gestures toward food traditions across Asia, where a vast range of ingredients and creatures have historically found their way into recipes, blurring the line between nourishment, curiosity, and the surreal.
Niceaunties is a contemporary artist and designer based in Singapore. Drawing inspiration from the influential women in her family and the distinct 'auntie culture,' her work explores themes of ageing, beauty, personal freedom, and everyday life through AI and digital art. Her life experiences and architectural training inform the conceptual basis of her pieces, while her focus on the nuanced behaviours of 'aunties' highlights the culture prevalent in Asian communities.
These women, embodying a spectrum from strange and funny to mean and kind, profoundly influenced the artist's early life and creative narrative, laying the foundation for the unique storytelling of "Niceaunties." Exploring themes like aging, beauty, personal freedom, and the nuances of everyday life, Niceaunties expresses her vision through the mediums of generative and digital art. Her creations are marked by an amalgamation of surrealism, fantasy, and the vibrant aesthetics of kawaii culture.
Influenced by surreal art, fantasy, and kawaii culture, Niceaunties' art champions empowerment and self-expression.