The Driver. (The transitory passage)
I just thought of something.
An art project. Or a photo-series of some sorts.
Here. Imagine the photo series is called, 'The Driver'
So the first thing is you're a young adult reflecting on the years that have passed with a bunch of old friends fresh out of university, meeting all together for the first time in 10 years. You guys are sitting in a car and reminiscing on the times you monkeyed in school, or the times when a teacher told a memorable story and everybody remembers. Then somebody points out : "Hey, you realise that John is driving, and most of us have driving licenses now? 10 years ago, we were sitting in this car, driven around by John's parents?!"
and so begins the photo series:
1) A couple of young adults in a car, sharing a laugh. Person A is driving the car.
2) The same car, 10 years ago. Driven by the dad instead, dropping off the kid (person A) and his friends at the mall.
3) 30 years fast forward into the future, the family car is no longer driven anymore. Say, A is now at the peak of his career. He is being chauffeured around in a Mercedes. He heads off to important meetings, a bottle of champagne at the back of the car for a party later.
4) 20 years later, he retires. he no longer drives. His children drive him around now.
5) 20 more years later, his last journey in a vehicle would be adorned with flowers, with members of his small family following behind.
okay maybe you can cut the last one out because it's a bit cliched and morbid. then, maybe not.
it doesn't matter whatever car you drive, the constant change is 'The Driver'. The title is a faceless one, because at every phase of your life, he is a changing figure. Be it a loved one, or a stranger, or an ex-husband. He, who sits behind the steering wheel is the anecdote to how we fail to grasp our blinding charge from one chapter to the next without ever stopping to think how time has flown by all the while. Or stop to think the opportunities we could have created for ourselves or appreciate those that we already have.
And then, it can also symbolise the sense of awareness and fear that are present in people my age. I am certain we have our anxiety and hopes, we have an older generation that tells us what to fear, and a younger generation that we have lost touch with. We are in the middle of it all, our youth behind and a (rather bleak) future ahead. Hence, the premise of a young adult 'looking through', being aware. being nostalgic. being afraid. being accepting to his role in the bigger scheme of things.
Of course, that's the artist statement to it. But this idea can also be developed to a more commercial, moving, sentimental, ad idea for a MCYS family commercial too, the kind that makes grown men cry.
I don't know what other better words to put into this, but there is a poetic sentiment to this series. So I will just leave it here, and let the imagery says what it needs to.
(and of course I'll be keeping this tight and snug in my pocket of ideas should I ever be employed by MCYS. So, no stealing. Or I will cut you with lawsuits.)
An art project. Or a photo-series of some sorts.
Here. Imagine the photo series is called, 'The Driver'
So the first thing is you're a young adult reflecting on the years that have passed with a bunch of old friends fresh out of university, meeting all together for the first time in 10 years. You guys are sitting in a car and reminiscing on the times you monkeyed in school, or the times when a teacher told a memorable story and everybody remembers. Then somebody points out : "Hey, you realise that John is driving, and most of us have driving licenses now? 10 years ago, we were sitting in this car, driven around by John's parents?!"
and so begins the photo series:
1) A couple of young adults in a car, sharing a laugh. Person A is driving the car.
2) The same car, 10 years ago. Driven by the dad instead, dropping off the kid (person A) and his friends at the mall.
3) 30 years fast forward into the future, the family car is no longer driven anymore. Say, A is now at the peak of his career. He is being chauffeured around in a Mercedes. He heads off to important meetings, a bottle of champagne at the back of the car for a party later.
4) 20 years later, he retires. he no longer drives. His children drive him around now.
5) 20 more years later, his last journey in a vehicle would be adorned with flowers, with members of his small family following behind.
okay maybe you can cut the last one out because it's a bit cliched and morbid. then, maybe not.
it doesn't matter whatever car you drive, the constant change is 'The Driver'. The title is a faceless one, because at every phase of your life, he is a changing figure. Be it a loved one, or a stranger, or an ex-husband. He, who sits behind the steering wheel is the anecdote to how we fail to grasp our blinding charge from one chapter to the next without ever stopping to think how time has flown by all the while. Or stop to think the opportunities we could have created for ourselves or appreciate those that we already have.
And then, it can also symbolise the sense of awareness and fear that are present in people my age. I am certain we have our anxiety and hopes, we have an older generation that tells us what to fear, and a younger generation that we have lost touch with. We are in the middle of it all, our youth behind and a (rather bleak) future ahead. Hence, the premise of a young adult 'looking through', being aware. being nostalgic. being afraid. being accepting to his role in the bigger scheme of things.
Of course, that's the artist statement to it. But this idea can also be developed to a more commercial, moving, sentimental, ad idea for a MCYS family commercial too, the kind that makes grown men cry.
I don't know what other better words to put into this, but there is a poetic sentiment to this series. So I will just leave it here, and let the imagery says what it needs to.
(and of course I'll be keeping this tight and snug in my pocket of ideas should I ever be employed by MCYS. So, no stealing. Or I will cut you with lawsuits.)