Forgetting Tokyo (251219–240320)
Mingli Seet
Digital print, A4, 28pp
Edition of 15
2024
When holding on to a memory dearly, we face the inevitable nature of the human brain, where lapses eventually happen. However, I don’t see them as a bad thing. Instead, I view them as invitations – empty spaces waiting to be filled with more colourful memories. For me, it’s the memory of when I moved to Tokyo, Japan, just for a short period of time. That chapter in my life is etched deeply into my soul, and as the details blur, I’m ready to fill these gaps – represented here as slices of colour within a cherished image of my memory – with new ones.
flowers don’t speak, they sing (2024)
Self-print, black and white
8.5 x 10cm, opens up to A3
Design, photo and writings by me
Music and notations by Eugene Soh
This zine is like a lyric booklet of sorts, but without any words. And the artist is not a person, but nature itself. Opening up to A3, the zine is folded in a way that lets you read it continuously, without end. Inside, you’ll find photographs of flowers I’ve come across on my walks around Singapore – each quietly existing, yet too striking to pass by without capturing as a memory for the road. Accompanying these photos are musical compositions composed, recorded, and notated by Eugene Soh (@_pandamachine).
Just as we often give our voices to things, both living and non-living, have you ever stopped to wonder what a flower’s voice would sound like? It soon became clear that whatever it may be, it would transcend words. This zine lends a voice to these flowers – listen to how this project imagines each of them might speak by scanning the QR code at the bottom, and/or reading the notations at the top. And while you’re at it, don’t forget to have fun navigating the zine and collapsing them however you like. Enjoy!
First run of this zine is sold out. Second run of this zine will be available for purchase at Objectifs - Centre for Photography & Film soon.
The Dream World of Consumerism (2017)
This zine discusses the topic of Consumerism, the root of it and how it all started, the psychology behind today’s culture of consumerism, and how it applies to this day and age. I am curious and interested in zooming out of the bigger picture, to realise the things that I am consuming, bringing consciousness to subconscious consumerism.
My Head Is A Lovely Mess (2021)
We have all heard the saying “we take photos of what we are afraid to lose”.
This zine aims to explore my on-going headspace during this pandemic, and what I subconsciously find precious to me by realising the photos I took unintentionally, intentionally. Looking back, I often wonder why I took these pictures. This zine is then a reflection of who I was that am no longer, and to prove that we are constantly morphing everyday, that even the you of yesterday could easily be a stranger.
For Fassbender & Mellon Collie (2021)
Photos by Chris
Design and writings by me
Her feet, light, she flew because her hands were undyed
From the never-ending above, vast and wide
Dusty hands
She stroked a gloom
High she was, it made her cry
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A misdeed, a fault
Just to co-exist alongside yours
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Why does the meter run
When it shouldn’t matter
I’d make my own sphere
So we will never know poor