Wednesday, December 22, 2010

santa in orange

From Christmas in Cambodia


Santa as viewed through the orange hue of urban devastation. Santa expresses the hope-and neuroses-that commercialism and the Western "Christmas" concept can bring, a wry commentary on the day to day lives that Phnom Penh's overwhelmingly Buddhist-and overwhelmingly poor-population lives. What ironic urban artist erected this little monument? What mirth lies beneath the dark, whispering heart of this growing Asian metropolis, this nightmare-within-a-dream of a city?

Or, you know, someone put a cardboard cut out of Santa on their door under an orange light.

Sometimes I think I should become a modern artist so I could write shit like that all day.

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