Waqas Manzoor

Visual & Performative Storyteller

My project, Poetics of Clay, Colours and C(h)ords revolves around photographing the consumer network – the relations between  toy-users and toys and how values of play have been changed by the transformation of toys. This project  examines the ways in which the toys and the environment, culture and social life are inter-connected – something that is lost with the arrival and growing popularity of imported, digital corporate toys and electronic games. The project draws our attention to the ways in which life, living and the environment work together as...