Exploring Visual Art with Gaurav Ogale | Anvita Brahmbhatt | ART WITH ABIR

Gaurav Ogale is a digital artist with a love for a time gone by. In his video and multimedia works — often in the form of short narrative films, published on social media and full of surreal juxtapositions — he harnesses the “unexplainable power of nostalgia”, paying homage to his childhood in Pune and life in Mumbai. The videos are like short stories narrating the small moments from the artist’s life, told through doodles, paper cut-outs, typography and photographs, and moving to the rhythm of his favourite wistful music. “I remember a lot and I hate leaving things behind,” says the artist. “And so I have to find a different way to carry my memories. For me, this means translating them into audio and video pieces. I create them so that I can keep revisiting my memories.”