“The Life of Things” is an art exhibition hosted at the Esplanade, Singapore, conveying the connection people have with objects and places.  It also portrays how materialistic things with physical attributes have symbolic qualities that represent abstract ideas, signal emotion or simple a connection that draws people to the items.

Last weekend, I attended this exhibition (in the hopes to gain some inspiration for my own documentary project) and as a photographer, I was most drawn to Lim Sokchanlina’s ‘Wrapped Future’.  I am always impressed with simple, yet powerful images.

Through digital prints, Sokchanlina portrays the increase of construction work in Cambodia, which he believes is the reason for the decrease in cultural heritages in his home country.

 

This project was the one I admired most as not only did the artist manage to produce beautiful images, it inspired me to keep my images as simple as I can for my final project whilst also portraying my idea/theme.  The idea behind ‘Wrapped Future’ is also very similar to my upcoming project as both Sokchanlina and I are portraying fear of losing something we hold dear to.

I hope to revisit ‘The Life of Things’ before it comes to an end as I would like to take the time to view all the video installations and hope to gain more ideas and inspiration for upcoming project.