On the move II – ‘Outside the box’

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:00:49 +0000

On the move is a project I started in London and ‘Outside the box’ is a new series of work made in Shanghai, using the same white blocks to create site-specific interventions, highlighting the gaps and spaces that are generally overlooked in our everyday surroundings.

In ‘Outside the Box’, the white space in the work is as important as each photograph itself. According to an interpretations of one of Laozi’s sayings, he said ‘doors and windows are cut out in order to make a house; the utility of the house depends on the empty spaces’. It is not about grandeur but the little things in life that make it magical.

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Shanghai afternoon light is beautiful!
Pre Expo – continues…

Health & Saftety – T.I.C. (aka this is China)

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:57:43 +0000

In response to the theme of the exhibition, “Fakirs 苦行者 ” this piece of work focuses on the modern-day endurance in Shanghai and people’s ability to adapt to different environment.

Work in situ…
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Health and safety rules in China…

Shanghai afternoon light is beautiful!

admin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:14:57 +0000

Over the past few months, I have come to love the afternoon light in Shanghai…

Pre Expo – continues…

admin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:06:29 +0000

For me … this new series of work is very much about the ‘here and now’ in Shanghai, the construction craze…

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The alternative to M&Ms…

admin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:53:01 +0000

As a foodie, I always have time for good food. The festive season especially… is THE TIME to indulge!

As we can’t indulge ourselves in Swiss/ Belgium chocolates in Shanghai as they cost an absolute fortune over here and even finding peanut M&Ms was a challenge, we found some alternatives…

Spicy Taufufa (Soya custard)
Normally ‘taufufa’ is a sweet dessert but in Sichuan cuisine… they have come up with the spicy version! (surprise?) It actually tasted quite nice even though it didn’t sound that appealing at the beginning.

New Year’s dinner -

6 courses over 6 hours, definitely over indulgent but damn… that was lovely….

So.. all in all… we’d a brilliant time over the festive season in Shanghai and it’s now time for more Ashtanga classes! (to burn off some of the calories)

Shanghai – pre Expo…

admin — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:52:32 +0000

I love the Chinese intervention in the public spaces…

Health and safety rules in China…

admin — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:28:24 +0000

The beauty of a water puddle…

admin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:34:53 +0000

Shanghai is beautiful on a sunny winter day!

admin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:32:11 +0000

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China Post…

admin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:03:06 +0000

Hope nothing is fragile in the mountain of parcels? And to think in a month’s time… my parcel home might be one of them?