"I long for solitude, yet I fear its silence."
In a dimly lit Tokyo internet café, tucked among the city’s neon lights, people come not just to browse or read comics, but to sleep, shower, and survive. Some have nowhere else to go. Others stay long-term without a fixed address. Some girls trade their bodies for fleeting affection.
But when a YouTuber from England steps into this fragile world, the silence cracks—
Set in a space that echoes modern solitude, this work unveils the quiet, tangled lives at the edges of society.
"Our children live in the most deprived ward in London and their parents cannot afford to pay for the classes and activities many more privileged children enjoy after school and at the weekends. A free-to-access youth group run by a local theatre in a professional setting is an incredible opportunity."
Local school teacher
