What do we live for in our lives?

 

In such a simple question lies an answer unsought by many in today's day and age. Today, we live by the standards others and society sets for us, defined by social circles, refined by notions gleaned the mass media.

 

This series seeks to explore the aspects of materialism that have consumed every aspect of modern life, leading to an unprecedented, complex wave of corruption and gaudy sleaze that is characteristic of modern urban life. The raucous madness of life today resembles a circus - an experiential overload that challenges all senses for attention, but yet we regard none seriously.

 

Driven by individualism, we have never been more selfish, trancedly corrupted by the lure and glamour of rich things and the insignificant symbols these things bring. These artefacts drive greed into the core of our behaviours, and shape a mindless quest to live for the moment.

 

In the ecstasy of now, we forget…