Little People - a tiny Street Art project

We have come across this very interesting street art project for a while now, but only today had the opportunity to write about it.

The street is the context for Slinkachu's series The Little People where he does site-specific interventions which are subsequently documented photographically. The elements that make up the work – manipulated shop-bought figurines from train sets and architectural models – are placed in everyday situations – on the underground, on a street corner – and left to interact with those passers-by observant enough to notice their discreet presence.

Playing with the notion of surprise, the unexpected, the work aims to highlight the overwhelming feeling of isolation and loneliness which afflicts much of today’s society and to reflect upon the condition of city living, the sense of insignificance and anonymity some feel at being engulfed by a large metropolis. Furthermore, the images provide an opening through which a viewer can pull out a self-created narrative – we are shown just an instant, a snapshot, where in the realm of fantasy a before and after can be invented. Slinkachu’s own presence is as discreet as his work: the artist embraces anonymity in the tradition of most street artists, preferring to use the site of the city itself and the secrecy offered by the web as a means of reaching the masses.

Link: http://little-people.blogspot.com/