GEORGE TOWN, Jan. 4 -- A tiny tram moves through mirrored space lined with running lights, evoking a journey through a time long gone.

An iPhone box holds a miniature public phone booth leaning against it, with a tiny man staring into his smartphone balanced on top.

A broken styrofoam box reveals pint-sized polar bears and melting glaciers within, all crafted from the same plastic material.

These miniature worlds -some sculpted and upcycled from common materials -each serve as social commentaries on modern life: from the cutting down of trees for furniture as monkeys look on, to neverending consumption symbolised by a figure staring into a box within a box within a box, and the long queues commonly seen at women's public toilets.

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