Watching my toddler figure out how to language is fascinating.
“Ah, congratulations on producing offspring, Human Susan! I am pleased to inform you that you have a healthy baby Edible.” I love this because it implies the aliens possess either (1) a universal hive mind or (2) an intergalactic group chat dedicated to fucking with humanity People are baffled because the selection appears random yet all the aliens are up to date, so there must be SOMETHJNG No intention of eating anyone, they just like how uncomfortable it makes everyone.Įven better: the aliens all agree on who is edible and who is inedible, but the humans have no idea what the criteria isĮven better: there is no criteria, the Aliens just keep a running list of whenever one member designated a human as edible or not. Just to screw with us they refer to have designated half the population as “edible” and the other half is “inedible.” Good: aliens that insist upon dividing humans into binary categories, but the binary in question is based on something we’d regard as trivial and bizarre. A craftsmanship that will most likely soon be lost.īad: aliens that insist upon referring to human women as “feeeeemales”. Being made with different techniques and materials, each broom tells something about the area that it’s from, so that the pictures each hold a different story of generations of artisans that practiced their particular branch of broom making to perfection. He made the brooms into what can almost be called floral portraits, emphasizing both the beauty and fragility that they bring with them. He began a search for this endangered craftsmanship in Hong Kong, Taiwan and China and he was able to find many workshops in the rural areas of these countries. Kallen was attracted to the process when, around one year ago, he came across the first broom in his old neighborhood Sheung Wan and decided he had to make his series Rhythm of Nature to give this ancient art the homage it deserves. In that city, the ancient tradition of broom making can still be found. Via gupmagazine Photographer Yan Kallen was born in Hong Kong in 1981.
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