Richmond BC, Canada #richmondartgallerybc
Secret Ingredients began as a call by the artist for the public to submit messages they found difficult to express directly to someone in their life, but felt ready to share. These messages were transformed into decorated cakes and delivered to the intended recipients as an edible form of communication. To date, over seventy-five messages have been submitted and fifteen cakes baked and delivered. Since the initial call, the project has expanded to include a live performance and a growing photographic archive of these cakes resonant with intimate messages.
Exhibited now as a series of photographs at the Canada Line’s Richmond-Brighouse Station, they become an unexpected moment of reflection during a commute. The project aligns with the artist’s thematic focus on storytelling, community, movement, and histories, inviting viewers to consider the invisible emotional landscapes that surround them. Each cake is a private moment made public, connecting strangers through the humour, joy, challenge, and longing of relationships. Secret Ingredients offers a poetic, playful lens into the quiet emotional currents that travel alongside us every day.
Presented by the City of Richmond Public Art Program and Richmond Art Gallery in partnership with Capture Photography Festival and the Canada Line Public Art Project – IntransitBC.
