Puddles in the City.


  • Photographer
    Sarah Choo Jing
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Company/Studios
    SARAH CHOO JING
  • Date of Photograph
    2014

The city is similar to a film, one in a state of continuous metamorphosis, one in which not only is everything and everyone animated but also incessantly accelerated. Everything passes by and is always in the process of unreeling. Puddles in the City is a series of 5 images depicting a moment in time where street performers are captured when they are no longer performing. The role of the Performer/ Entertainer is indeed fascinating. Taking on a different persona each time, the entertainer is dressed as an Icon and becomes an object of attraction. At the specific moment when they no longer consciously perform, do these entertainers stop becoming representations of icons? Who is the spectator and who the performer? When, or does the performance come to an end? Documented across busy cities (London, Paris, New york), these cinematic images are presented in a dark space/room , suspended at various angles , catching the subtle reflections of the viewers within the room. The reflectiveness of the dark city cape mirrors the puddles of water across cities. The viewer is hence taking on the role as a spectator in this work, interacting with the space and navigating through the pieces. The viewers’ response and level of engagement with the work is pertinent: whether to identify and read into the meaning of the reflections or to not recognize nor notice their reflections at all.

Story

The city is similar to a film, one in a state of continuous metamorphosis, one in which not only is everything and everyone animated but also incessantly accelerated. Everything passes by and is always in the process of unreeling.

Puddles in the City is a series of 5 images depicting a moment in time where street performers are captured when they are no longer performing. The role of the Performer/ Entertainer is indeed fascinating. Taking on a different persona each time, the entertainer is dressed as an Icon and becomes an object of attraction. At the specific moment when they no longer consciously perform, do these entertainers stop becoming representations of icons? Who is the spectator and who the performer? When, or does the performance come to an end?

Documented across busy cities (London, Paris, New york), these cinematic images are presented in a dark space/room , suspended at various angles , catching the subtle reflections of the viewers within the room. The reflectiveness of the dark city cape mirrors the puddles of water across cities. The viewer is hence taking on the role as a spectator in this work, interacting with the space and navigating through the pieces. The viewers’ response and level of engagement with the work is pertinent: whether to identify and read into the meaning of the reflections or to not recognize nor notice their reflections at all.

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