Slinkachu, born in 1979, is a British street artist, photographer and blogger. He has become known especially for his Little People, which he installed at various locations in London since of 2006. His art was presented in a series of exhibitions in London and Norway. Slinkachu presented his art since 2006, mainly through the installation of scenes with painted train model figures (Little People) which he placed in the road space in London in different scenes. It may be everyday scenes or depictions of accidents, including for example a figure floored under a stubbed cigarette butt (Stubbed Out, 2007) or a worker who is a Gulli braces (Drain Guy, 2007). He is also working on installations with several figures and other objects, as in They're not Pets, Susan, 2007 in which he shows a man with hunting rifle and a young girl at a dead bumblebee. The magazine Art wrote his figures stood "for the isolation and loneliness in big cities". [3]
Another project is the Inner City Snail Project, in which snails with miniature graffiti or other adornments provided to be placed in the city.
His fondness for miniatures in Slinkachu according to the type with the following words: "I like to think that almost no one sees my work. Because we all inadvertently or purposefully ignore much of what surrounds us in a city. "[3]
Since 2007, there are similar installations under the name cork males also in Berlin.
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