I have been photographing abandoned chairs on the streets and in piles of junks to be collected by the Councils around Sydney with a camera phone for sometime. Although it seems dreary when capturing remains of broken furniture, what I see is the beauty of social interaction between the residents. In their short life cycles on the streets, they are dumped, offered, overlooked, moved, scattered, rearranged and finally picked up. We do not see whose actions to those chairs as if everyone is working together to create this Sydney’s urban responsive living.The film is part of Sydney Songlines workshop, sponsored by the City of Sydney at Metro Screen. I learn a lot from the process. Thanks Stilgherrian for the great narration and rafiralfiro for the wonderful music.

8 Responses to “Anywhere Chairs”
  1. Stilgherrian · ’Pong’s “Anywhere Chairs” online! says:

    […] done! ’Pong has completed his short film Anywhere Chairs, which he made as part of the Sydney Songlines project. You have to put up with my narration, […]

  2. 'Pong says:

    For those who visit this page but cannot see the embedded video, you can see it on YouTube.
    Or alternatively, see QuickTime video here.

  3. Out to Space » Blog Archive » Primo Italiano says:

    […] 30.06 Anywhere Chairs […]

  4. Shez says:

    Loved it!!! Shame bout Stils voiceover!!! LOL

  5. Out to Space » Blog Archive » Anywhere Chairs DVD says:

    […] is pretty much the last bit of Anywhere Chairs project, making DVDs. Because I was working with my own tools not the school’s facilities, […]

  6. Stilgherrian · Sydney Life: living in fear says:

    […] why I liked it when the City of Sydney selected ’Pong’s Anywhere Chairs project, and why I like this photo winning the $10,000 prizemoney and public viewing by half a […]

  7. Out to Space » Moments in 2007 says:

    […] Sydney Songlines. Another on-going project is documenting abandoned chairs and dumped stuff on the streets of Sydney. This project of Metro Screen guided me to produce Anywhere Chairs. […]

  8. Out to Space » 10 November 2007 says:

    […] this is only abandoned chair I found in Bangkok in my Thailand trip last year. No wonder why I was amazed by dumped furniture on […]

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