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Canadian artist Libby Oliver is fascinated with objects as a form of communication. Her photography begs the question: What do our things reveal about our humanity? Libby's latest series called Soft Shells was exhibited at Musée de la civilisation in Quebec, Canada last summer and garnered media attention from The Guardian, CBC and many other outlets. Libby sat down with Nikki Jae at a busy, Brixton cafe at the end of last August to ponder questions about identity, how "things" communicate to us and the synergy that exists between our personal expression and the material world. Perhaps most importantly, this conversation reveals that all people are extraordinarily multi-dimensional and it is with the acceptance of this knowledge that we, as a collective, can begin transcending our own judgements towards others and hopefully heal the "us against them" mentality that permeates media messaging and our way of being in this world.