SLINKACHU

“I like the idea that almost no one sees my work. Because we all ignore intentionally or unintentionally much that surrounds us in a city.”

My Little People Project by British-born artist Slinkachu has to be one of the wittiest, clever and endearing art projects conceived in recent years. Since 2006, miniature model train set characters have been surfacing in an around metropolises, compelling city-dwellers to consider their surroundings more thoughtfully.

Twinned as an installation/photography project, Slinkachu narrates his various miniature installations on his blog. His endeavors as a photographer – often displaying his photographs as triptychs on his blog – articulate how the often overpowering nature of the modern city can engender loneliness and melancholy. His work is situated in an artistic realm that seeks to empathize with the viewer in a identifiable and lighthearted way. The influence of Banksy is ever present in the wit and social comment of Slinkachu’s work. Although, unlike Banksy, Slinkachu succeeds in expressing his morals with an intelligible subtleness– in less than a few centimeters. A series of Slinkachu’s photographic works will be featured in the EWX exhibition, open to the public from January 22 2012.