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Winnipeg-based Inuit youth artist and musician Tony Eetak. His work has been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse and Manitoba Arts Council. He is a long-time volunteer with Global Dignity Canada.

Fall and Winter 2024-2025 Arts Program

Empowering Inuit and Indigenous youth through mentorship, digital art, and gamification, this project fosters climate resilience, cultural continuity, and community healing, culminating in a unique virtual and physical art exhibition.

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That Winnipeg breakfast vanished, digested long ago. Yet its ghost plate lingers online, viewed almost sixty thousand times. A digital séance for departed deliciousness; a phantom feast consumed only by the eyes, forever suspended past its own fleeting existence. What shared hunger does this image feed?
That Winnipeg breakfast vanished, digested long ago. Yet its ghost plate lingers online, viewed almost sixty thousand times. A digital séance for departed deliciousness; a phantom feast consumed only by the eyes, forever suspended past its own fleeting existence. What shared hunger does this image feed? Photo: Tony Eetak

The Aesthetics of the Temporary

Here, against the rough texture of time-worn brick, rests an artifact excavated not from soil, but from the vibrant strata of Winnipeg's Exchange District. Its medium defies traditional classification.

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Concrete flow paused. Light glanced off formica voids, an empty stage under morning fluorescents. Captured silence, echoed eighty-eight thousand times across the unseen network. Mundane stillness amplified into shared digital breath, a collective gaze into the quiet pause between heartbeats of the city. Concrete flow paused. Light glanced off formica voids, an empty stage under morning fluorescents. Captured silence, echoed eighty-eight thousand times across the unseen network. Mundane stillness amplified into shared digital breath, a collective gaze into the quiet pause between heartbeats of the city.
Concrete flow paused. Light glanced off formica voids, an empty stage under morning fluorescents. Captured silence, echoed eighty-eight thousand times across the unseen network. Mundane stillness amplified into shared digital breath, a collective gaze into the quiet pause between heartbeats of the city.

Winnipeg: The Stillness of Cityplace

Echoes in the concrete veins. The artist's path: a thread pulled through gritty streets, down worn walkways, swallowed by the humming underground. Seeking the pulse in the pavement, the narrative in the neglected.

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A gourmet plate of crusty sourdough toast topped with smashed avocado, thinly sliced strawberries, fresh basil, and a drizzle of balsamic reduction. The toast rests on a minimalist white plate atop a marble countertop. Photographed at f/2.5 aperture for dreamy bokeh in the background. Soft, diffused top-down lighting enhances the rich greens and reds, making the dish pop while maintaining a fresh, airy brunch aesthetic. Ultra-crisp high-resolution food photography.
A gourmet plate of crusty sourdough toast topped with smashed avocado, thinly sliced strawberries, fresh basil, and a drizzle of balsamic reduction. The toast rests on a minimalist white plate atop a marble countertop. Photographed at f/2.5 aperture for dreamy bokeh in the background. Soft, diffused top-down lighting enhances the rich greens and reds, making the dish pop while maintaining a fresh, airy brunch aesthetic. Ultra-crisp high-resolution food photography.

AI Food Art Friday: Sourdough Toast with Avocado, Strawberries, and Balsamic Reduction

Explore AI food art and gourmet photography with a high-resolution image of sourdough toast topped with avocado, strawberries, and balsamic reduction. Learn digital food styling and minimalist photography techniques in this week’s Food Art Fridays challenge.

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Explore the quality and freshness of our cheeseburger ingredients, visualized with the help of OpenAI's DALL-E 3. Taste the excellence in every image! Photo: Tony Eetak, Art Borups Corners Youth, Arts and Media.
Explore the quality and freshness of our cheeseburger ingredients, visualized with the help of OpenAI's DALL-E 3. Taste the excellence in every image! Photo: Tony Eetak, Art Borups Corners Youth, Arts and Media.

Friday Fun: Getting creative with generative AI food photography

We're learning to generate virtual cheeseburgers and chicken burgers. We crafted various prompts and captions to highlight the visual appeal of these dishes and showcase the advanced AI tools used in generating high-quality images for marketing purposes.

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