A Viewing of 'Non-Collectibles' The Exhibition

Yesterday evening was spent checking out the visual and audio-visuals on exhibition at The Substation.
On display was a series of Brian Ho's photography works http://www.thegaleria.com/noncollectibles

The artistes wanted to feature a sense of 'disposession' and I felt Brian Ho's works conveyed these pretty well.
His series focused on the darker, bleaker side of Singapore. Photos of old historical cinemas or old buildings that used to be grand have since become nothing more than relics, or a monochrome snapshot. I particularly liked Brian's series of people who live on the fringes of our society. One, of a dusty old man who collects rubbish, has as his main companion, a grubby pet mongrel for warmth and solace on cold nights.

That particular series is a fitting reminder to every singaporean that wealth distribution not just globally, but even in our country, is becoming severely imbalanced with the minority rich getting richer and the majority, poorer. At the lowest end of the weath spectrum are these dispossessed old men and women living off our streets. It makes me wonder when i'm in my particularly paranoid periods, with the pace of life scrambling forward as it is currently and possibly speeding up more as i age, will i in future, become like these rubbish collectors??? Scary but worth a thought, especially with my now worth nothing of an NUS Arts degree. BAH!