"Lying on a pink sofa, I watch events from around the world on the internet, with occasional pop-up ads for pornography. Outside, the neighbor’s free-range dogs bark wildly; they bite anyone they see. An ambulance rushes by, carrying someone who has been hit by a car."
Life seems to be shrouded in a layer of pink—blurry relationships, neither up nor down. Whether within the family or society, these ambiguous relationships lead people to turn a blind eye to conflicts and dissatisfaction. People grow accustomed to leaving things unsaid. In this collective tolerance, the individual can only compromise, and dissatisfaction is gradually compressed to the point of insignificance, deemed unworthy of mention. This silent endurance shapes the outward harmony.
The exhibition title "Insignificant" refers to the smallness of the individual, the unspoken restlessness within the framework of the group.
Violence manifests in the details of everyday life: special services in certain barber shops, biker gangs using loud sounds to assert their presence, trash scattered in the bushes under coconut trees, packs of free-range dogs, infidelity in relationships, costly favors that cannot be refused, random pornography, and accident videos on social media. This ambiguous violence is both part of daily life and an event in itself—it depends on how one observes it. Just as people take pleasure in watching tragedies, there is a temptation to treat everyday violence as spectacle, something that satisfies a voyeuristic desire and stimulates the senses, leaving one in a state of uneasy suspension, neither sitting nor standing comfortably. Violent events are intertwined with life, much like smoking—an ordinary yet significant act.
Cigarettes serve as a "second mouth," a silent release of dissatisfaction and restlessness into the air. It is both a detached observation and a form of participation. These restless, suppressed feelings dissipate with the smoke, gradually enveloping everything around them, turning people, objects, and events into a faint unity. The intertwining of individual emotions and social tension is both vague and specific, both separate and interconnected. This emotional transmission reflects the silent violence embedded within society.