Hooked

We’re all hooked. Spending most of our waking lives looking down at a screen in complete submission. As we continue to indulge in our lifestyles, our wants turn into must-haves, and we become slaves to our desires and the notion of social currency. We crave things which aren’t essential for sustenance, instead stretching ourselves thin for things we don’t need. In the sea of capitalism, we become the fish - a commodified version of a living being.

The fish, in essence, is truly the main protagonist at Sassoon Dock. It is the central source of the entire micro-economy of the area. They are the real heroes, even dying for the cause. Yet everyone here, from the sellers to the buyers, only sees them dead, never alive. This installation is symbolic of all the fish sold at the dock but rarely seen alive. A celebration of their existence and values reinforced by the loops created by using photographs made by the artist at the Sassoon Dock.