slinkachu

details of the artist

Slinkachu
28/m/UK

My 'Little People Project' started in 2006. It involves the remodelling and painting of miniature model train set characters, which I then place and leave on the street. It is both a street art installation project and a photography project. The street-based side of my work plays with the notion of surprise and I aim to encourage city-dwellers to be more aware of their surroundings. The scenes I set up, more evident through the photography, and the titles I give these scenes aim to reflect the loneliness and melancholy of living in a big city, almost being lost and overwhelmed. But underneath this, there is always some humour. I want people to be able to empathise with the tiny people in my works.

link 1

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=slinkachu&hl=en&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=LkXmvtlAPr8uBM:&imgrefurl=http://slinkachu.com/little-people&docid=LO8w2pc0GxSRFM&imgurl=http://slinkachu.com/i/u/little-people/11_storm.jpg&w=960&h=470&ei=qdKzTqOeA4678gP7psTyBA&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=381&sig=112031959401130765148&page=1&tbnh=86&tbnw=158&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:7,s:0&tx=106&ty=35&biw=1024&bih=672

link 2

http://slinkachu.com/little-people