Hello Chaos, a Love Story is a new, genre-defying book by genre-defying photographer and art director Charlie Engman in which Kitty, the cute and mute cartoon protagonist, embarks on an ill-fated endeavour to win the eyes of her estranged counterpart, Mickey.
Through a cat-and-mouse narrative of unrequited attention-seeking, Engman unravels the contradictions of contemporary visual culture as Kitty and Mickey struggle to find each other and themselves amidst the chaos of imagery, technology, and mass production.
Extensively illustrated with a wide range of images both original and found, this book attempts to tackle the beautiful and awful vulnerability of looking and being perceived.
SPBH Editions, 182pp, 10 cmx 15cm, illustrated paperback, 2024