This article was first published on The Only Shaun Ever
Story and photography by Shaun Tan
The playground is packed with bodies but no one is moving, much less playing — at least, not in the manner a playground is built for. A child reclines on the slide, his face lit only by the glow of his phone's screen. Others swarm and settle on the aqua-green mound on which the slide rests. The space surrounding the playground is not any less crowded. Standing or sitting, there is little room to manoeuvre as I weave my way around the quite literally, man-made obstacle course.