Leann Mei Foon

Hikikomori

"Hikikomori" peeps into the comfortable life of a social recluse—someone who is willingly shut in their home and shut out of in-person social society. The image fuses them with their homey surroundings to emphasis that their space is very lived in and personal. It attempts to challenge the notion that society should be getting involved in these peoples' lives if how they're living isn't bothering them or anyone else. We, as the viewer, are invading their privacy by witnessing them in a very private moment.