Anna Couani #86 tiny things

miniatures by Hilik Mirankar

another tiny thing remains on the lounge room shelf

a tiny carved chair mounted on a seemingly high podium

which seems somehow appropriate

that a chair might be up there

unassailable

and it’s on a high shelf in the lounge room

that is unreachable without a ladder

the other tiny things have all been taken to the miniature show

scattered across the two shop windows on plinths

I had a go at organising them

the things made of toothpicks and chopsticks

seemed to naturally go together

like a Giacometti sculpture

the little ladder and the other constructions

that are patently un-useful

don’t even suggest usefulness

but which have their own logic

my photo caught the stick arrangements

in that Giacometti way

and serendipitously

the tiny red reflection of the Thai massage sign

across the road

actually on the shop window

but appears to be stamped on the side of the plinth

like a neon signature

and miniature
suiting the tiny installation