The Conversation Art Podcast
Episode 383- Sarah Khan: Documenting the Immigrant Experience
January 17, 202651 min · 8,129 words
Show notes
Hadley, Massachusetts and NYC artist Sarah K. Khan talks about: How it's a "little miracle" to have a studio (a former chick coop on a farm in the 5-college area of Mass.) after so many years working in kitchens and other spaces not dedicated to her work and where she can really spread out; her short films about the immigrant experience in New York via food trucks (particularly her Queens Migrant Kitchens series), and how she was originally motivated to wo…
Highlighted moments
I made a poster once say, I make art five times a day, including snacks.
“there's a whole black market that goes on where they, they cost 200 bucks, but you pay 15,000, 8,000, 20,000 depending.”
“I made it black and white cause I wanted to focus on the gestures and the movements, um, and the sound”
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