Shifting Seats is a photographic observation of the humble chairs scattered through the backstreets of Singapore. Used by workers during brief pauses in the day such as morning kopi breaks, mid-shift rest or end-of-day conversations, these chairs carry the marks of repeated use: worn plastic, repaired legs, dents, grime, paint rubbed thin.

What gives them life, however, is their constant movement. Each time the artist returns to the same alleys, the chairs have shifted slightly or dramatically, having been rearranged by unseen hands. They migrate across corridors, turn to face different walls, cluster together, or stand alone.

By tracing these subtle relocations, the series becomes a quiet anthropology of labour, rest, and urban space. The chairs act as markers of human presence, mapping the hidden rhythms of a neighbourhood. Shifting Seats invites the viewer to notice how ordinary objects, often overlooked, capture the pulse of a place in motion.