Guest: Serkan Özkaya

Industry: Conceptual Art

Project: David Inspired by Michelangelo

What is a conversation about constraints when it comes to creating art? Well, like the advice you get if you don’t like the weather in the Maritimes, just wait five minutes. From time, to cost, to scope, it’s not a matter of whether Serkan Ozkaya’s artistic vision will be realized. No matter the how, when, or how much, it will happen.

https://serkanozkaya.com/

Guest: Jagger Gordon

Industry: Culinary Arts

Project: Feed It Forward

Chef Jagger Gordon has dedicated his life and career to saving food from being needlessly wasted and is building an empire that includes restaurants, markets, programs, books, and whatever other tool he can use to spread the message about the inordinate amount of food that is thrown away each day. And it’s working. Combining a clear vision, dedication, and energy he is proving that when it comes to food rescue, if you build it, they will come.

Visit these links to learn more, get involved, and contribute:

https://myhouseinthejunction.com/

https://jaggergordon.com/

https://feeditforward.ca/

https://www.instagram.com/feeditforwardofficial/

Guest: Edison Chung

Industry: Protest

Project: 2019 Hong Kong Protests

Don’t think protest movements fit in a podcast about project obstacles in the creative industries? Well, challenging our understanding of what a creative industry is, is one of the mandates of Constraints. In the wake of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party’s decision to disband, participant of change Edison Chung describes the “shared emotion” that brought 2 million people out to the streets of Hong Kong to protest in 2019.