2023: Accidental Apathy + Nostalgia

The accidents kept accidenting, and eventually it was safer for everyone (cats included) if the soup cans were kept in airtight containers. And thus, the Art of Soup project evolved to become two pieces: Accidental Apathy and Nostalgia, named for two very different effects that time and the consideration of its passing have on the observer.

Although the beginnings of this set are far from existential, over time, their behaviors and evolution have bordered on universal. Aptly titled, they have come to serve as a commentary on modern capitalist and consumerist culture, crisis and disaster fatigue, failed investments, and the attention span of modern humans.

Accidental Apathy, 2023:

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Nostalgia, 2023:

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January 2020. Canon EOS M5.

An accidental project built over time. The limited-edition 50th Anniversary cans of Andy Warhol-branded Campbell’s soup were no match for the Tokyo humidity. Purchased in 2014, they started to mold almost immediately. After enough time had passed, Gina-Marie set up a studio to shoot them.

She is of the opinion that Andy would love them.