Singaporean artist Yang OvO reflects upon a hurried, ever faster lifestyle with her new Ooja – Can In the Soup vinyl art toy from Gagatree x ZCWO. The thought-provoking figure features a child with a mushroom head, inside of a Campbells’ style soup can. A cute hitchiker in the form of a snail enjoys a leisurely ride on Ooja’s back.
Ooja has no escape from the the processed foods, such as the condensed soup she’s immersed in, that surround us as a part of the go-go lifestyle. Her friend the snail enjoys a slower pace of life including a return to simpler ways of living including natural foods such as mushrooms. More than just a comment on the ways eating has changed for the worse in the name of progress, Ooja is a reminder or perhaps plea to take time to reassess priorities.
The Ooja – Can In The Soup vinyl art toy (7.48″) is available directly from Gagatree for SG$168 (~$123) plus international shipping.
