Title: A Rise in the Local
Medium: Photography on photo block
Size: 15 x 15cm
Year: 2025 
 
A Rise in the Local (2025) is a photographic work that marks the precise moment of an astrological Sun-Mercury alignment. Through the foyer windows, streams of orange light from the Sun and violet light from Mercury shine, releasing their energy to stimulate local activities, communication, and domestic travel. A ghostly sailing ship hovers in the foyer, anchored midair with a fish market scene overlaid on the doors. The vessel is both messenger and cargo, an avatar of interactions, news, gossip, and rumour. The overlaid fish market is the economic engine and social arena where information changes hands as quickly as fish or money. The artwork operates as a world, an astrological learning tool and an energy forecast for the Sun-Mercury alignment.
 
Presented on a 15 × 15 cm photo block, the intimate scale mirrors astrology’s personal resonance—inviting viewers to step closer, as if peering into a private window onto the cosmos.