Artist Research - Slinkachu

Slinkachu is a street artist that takes everyday objects and tiny figures and transforms them into dynamic compositions and creating surreal images and almost a second world that we don't see in our day to day life. His photography is unique as he is using objects that we would use everyday and has seen them in a different light that some people wouldn't have thought of using them for.

"The 'Little People Project' started in 2006. It involves the remodelling and painting of miniature model train set characters, which I then place, photograph 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." 

This is a quote from his website where he displays all of his work for all to see: http://www.slinkachu.com/bio 

Not a lot has been revealed about Slinkachu except that the is a very clever and unique photographer. He has his own way of photography and uses his 1cm tall figures to create them their own little world within our own world. Some of his pieces 'A man standing by a cash machine' lasted approximately 2 months. This means that either they're so small nobody notices them or the fact that they're so special that people just leave them for others to admire. In my opinion I think his work is incredible and I love his style and how unique his work and that every scene that he creates with these tiny figures are different from the last. His work also reminds be of the graffiti artist 'Banksy' as his style is similar as his pieces of work are unique and nothing like the last and also they get left in areas for different periods of time and are admired by all.