» 1000 Art Objects Which Have Lost Their Context

Drawing inspiration from Tuan Mami’s continuous inquiry into the nature of art and its diverse manifestations, this project celebrates the intersection between daily life and artistic expression through the meticulous accumulation, documentation and presentation of photographs capturing 1000 everyday objects. The project began with the artist isolating single images of commonplace items found in Saigon by stripping them of their familiar context. Transferred onto transparent paper and bound into a book, these images then intersect and converge, one on top of another. Streetside stools, cooking utensils, traffic signs, clothing items, even cockroaches – what were once considered trivial have come to illuminate the inherent poetry found in the quotidian.

With no explanatory text accompanying the visuals, viewers are invited to flip through each page; the eyes which have been trained to criticize are now asked to see things as if for the first time. This deliberate interference thus challenges conventional modes of perception, encouraging a re-exploration of urban landscape and a reconsideration of the subtle and mundane.