People make Places: Shanghai - My City

Shanghai Portrait, Collecting matchboxes at Shift, Cool Dock, 2010

People make Places: Shanghai - My City

"population, land mass.....cost of a matchbox size piece of land in Shanghai." 2010

People make Places: Shanghai - My City

"I will struggle for tomorrow in Shanghai, I have a dream...." 2010

People make Places: Shanghai - My City

dfdaily, 2010

People make Places: Shanghai - My City

Inviting locals to help us create our Shanghai portrait at Shift

People Make Places is an evolving series of mixed media portraits looking at the identity of a region through the eyes of her residents.  This incorporates inviting locals we encounter to create a small-scale work inside one of our matchboxes responding to the theme “My City”.  

People Make Places - Shanghai - My City evolved during our sojourn to Shanghai in September 2010 during a 3 day event at Shift, Cool Dock, Shanghai. This event was supported by