Crates of tangerines are neatly stacked upon each other in front of a window display. If hurrying past, I would mistake this crammed and narrow space for a small market in Vancouver’s Chinatown, but my curiosity is piqued by the polite arrangement of branded crates and tangerines which are deliberately placed on a bench. Entering the space, there is a sense of affection and care in the placement of the objects laid bare for a viewer’s meditation – this is not a market selling discounted fruit.Toronto-based artist Seooyeong Lee’s exhibition, the tangerine project, at Access Gallery, presents a body of work which humbly explores love, trauma, and community. Lee’s exploration materializes in neatly composed photographs and installations from ephemera of past happenings. Almost appearing as sketches, Study of a Tangerine (2022) and Study of Tangerines - Version 2 (2022) capture the decomposing gestures of tangerines. Historically, artists have used carefully a