Guez eloquently captures the lives of
children who live, work and play in
Smoky Mountain, one of the world’s
worst slums, where entire families
scavenge to survive. Smoky Mountain
is a mound of refuse outside of Manila,
in the central Philippines, named after
the methane-heavy mist hovering
over it. Guez challenges our preconceptions
of the camera by using a mobile
phone as an extension of his body to
frame his direct experience. In a streetlevel
installation, designed by Andrew
Mallis, viewers can engage in a unique
forum with Guez’s video wall while
stills are delivered to their mobile
phones. The gallery is immaterial and
the image, though multiple, is personal;
both exist in the intimate, yet social,
spaces now extended by mobile media.