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The grammar of alienation is counterintuitive. Its forces are mysterious, yet manifestations painfully palpable. The complexity of being seen is in tandem with the anxiety of being overlooked. Culturally rooted in the fabric of our everyday lives, it finds its shape and form in crowds and behind glass. The loneliness of a large city is an emotional map with loose knots and heightened sensations. In such an environment, how do we find a connection?

Short Stories on a Long Theme ponder human disconnection in the contemporary world and our fundamental need to belong through colour theory. Combining geometric studio still-lifes and documentary photographs that have been simplified to a form, the series lyrically investigates feelings of alienation and solitariness. Although in close proximity, loneliness transforms human subjects into shapes, movements, shadows, and reflections to both guide the viewer's gaze and simultaneously support his own meaning-making process. The series contemplates not only the relationships of colour and their harmonies but also social interactions. Similarly to colours, those could be deceitfully misleading.