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We are being observed Reputation increased through each directed gaze To be honest To be treated favourably Protect your identifiable self Do not display selfishness Do not display impulsivity Be known for your co-operative behaviour Palace Costume The opportunity to be more of yourself To think, behave and dress differently  Play the role to the situation Put on a costume  Switch roles Be in the situation

Seoul Contemporary Art Mirroring society Rethinking the ordinary Giving representation to change Whilst re-constructing meaning Having curious dialogue  Inquiring and learning Endless brainstorms Perfectionism Procrastination Meaningless distraction Stop listening to the traffic Show up Be present Make decisions And commit

When you meet do you wonder what everyone else is thinking? At what moment do you decide to engage and actively participate? Gaining Complaining Making Fulfilling It’s about being part of them Searching for strong relationships Bonding together Seoul Jongno Lane Avoiding and repositioning Placing yourself as the endpoint Narrow the path to lessen collisions The theory, principles and data of inclusion There is no need to go faster There is no need to get there sooner The fault of dis-regarding the environment

Hong Kong Scraper They fell from the heavens As we reach up to the heavens Establishing this sense of vertigo From an accumulation of past, present and future decisions Whereby Establishing the primacy for creators Establishing the cold and impersonal social divisions Establishing the paranoia, the social problems and the consumption needs To never Realize control of identity Hong Kong Futures Plant covered car-free Interconnected rather than a grid Pedestrian as priority Electro cycles, velomotors, Segways Kill the car Create unique new urban experiences Post modern When did we board? Why do we approach with apprehension? The melancholy of many Sensing the millions who have traversed Back and forward To and fro Grateful to be part of This social contract Passing of time What has been done Following the passage of others Acceptance The marks on my face after sleeping Have I the patience to return? ...

Our worth in gold Our symbolic worth Our realisation Our capacity to reflect Our need for a showcase Our need for surprise Our need to embellish Our guild to build faith I want to be successful,  I want to achieve I want to triumph Gather in my wealth and prestige Feel my power as that of the sun My higher ideals My enlightenment Loath my luxury and material wealth Despise my expensive habits and exclusive mannerisms Inspired by Murakami

Fingers of Da Nang Fingers of God Buddha's Rays Jacob's Ladder There is a science An optical illusion The meanings appear to diverge Which lord speaks with you Their mandate from heaven In the reflective shadows Secured in a higher realm In Protection Doing what we are told Just do your best Sleep, breath & eat-in readiness for work For your personal conversion To the services you employ In their protection In illness Over the decades At what age do you stop smiling? This hand protects This hand holds a special place of honour Sheep to the right and goats to the left A helping hand This hand is at work

A throne for a unified Vietnam A walled citadel A ringing moat Faced towards the Huong River (Perfume River) Courtyards, gardens, pavilions and palaces The seat of power Until the French invaded A most lucrative colonial possession Mission civilisatrice Profit and economic exploitation