Artwork Title: From Here To There

From here to there, is a project that captures the essence of urban life through a series of photographic and light installations, focusing on the trolley cages of Whitechapel Road Market. These cages, often overlooked, carry the weight of history, culture, and the daily rhythms of a community. Each trolley becomes a monolith, a compacted story of the market's existence, with fabrics, goods, and the remnants of life in the neighborhood stacked within them. The Bengali flags in the background of the photographs reflect the integration of the local Bengali community into this vibrant marketplace.

When I first moved to Whitechapel, I was drawn to the market's energy—the bustle, the setting up, and the taking down each day. I wanted to capture something beyond the usual images of people selling or buying goods, something more intimate and unnoticed. After six months of observing, I found that the cages themselves held a narrative. Each one was unique, representing the distinct ways in which vendors stored and moved their goods. Some used banana boxes for clothes, while others employed a more personal touch, like bedsheets with patterns.

The process of photographing these cages was done quickly, capturing them as they were moved through the market without intruding on the people around them. Over time, I began to see the cages as having personalities, unlike the clinical, uniform trolleys of large supermarkets. The Whitechapel carts, with their mismatched fabrics and bric-a-brac, tell a story of a community that resists systematic exclusion.

From here to there

2024/25

Medium Photographic print A5 + Metal Cage installation

‘In Real Life’ is an international collaborative exhibition Chelsea College of Arts The Triangle, Jan 29, 30 & 31 Camberwell College of Arts &

Chelsea College of Arts, London & The University of Nevada, Reno.

In Real Life is a project born from the digital spaces that mediate our physical places. Built as a long-distance collaboration with staff and students from three institutions, with each instution sending some form of instructions for the other to execute the artwork. The show embraces chance, miscommunication, and reinterpretation that is inevitable when ideas and materials are compressed, uploaded, sent, downloaded, and

reproduced. https://inreallife.art