In themselves the photographs are part of a collective archive. A practice I have directed my work towards, ever since I discovered the range of documentary possibilities while still a college student. The 'collective' being a series of photographic deviations I have formed over the years.
To present the images, I have maintained the 'random' as random as possible even to the last possible point of making the final selection of what should be shown.
The set of images installed at Kathmandu Photo Gallery are an extension of what is taking place beyond its walls. The perceived chaos is to me, a construction, the result of the many interactions by random sets of people, whose actions are perhaps pure chance, deliberate or seem to be without reason. I see my actions as an equal participant in these scenarios, attempting to make visual sense.
Also installed on a table in the gallery are various forms of working notes, including sketches, a camera constructed from cardboard, an old guidebook book cataloguing streets of Bangkok, etc. - referencing personal history, use of technology and visual development.
The table is essentially my template for a three-dimensional exhibition catalogue, designed not to fit on your bookshelves but one that has to be experienced in context and relation to the photographs, the gallery space and the city itself.
Jerome Ming
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