Koh Liang Jiang

Lonely City, 2013

210cm by 125cm (x4)

Installation, ink on mahjong paper

The cities of the world. They are the most visually prominent accumulation of generations of progress accomplished by humanity. As city dwellers, we see hordes of people in the streets everyday, but do we truly acknowledge each and everyone of their presence? Does having millions living in the same city district procure an abundance of human day-to-day interactions? Or have we all gotten used being insignificant entities that chose instead to stay hidden within our own tiny corners? Hence I raise the question of the side effects caused by livelihood in a high-density city. Is the city to big or too small to live in?