Artist Information:
Simon Currell
Ilford,
United Kingdom
Member Since: Jul 2009
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Artist Statement:
My recent artwork has been
motivated by over twelve years
experience in employment as a
telephone sales representative
and is inspired by a
perception of how corporate
space has become commoditized
within call centre workplaces,
and more importantly, how
workers within these spaces
have also been commoditized.
The artworks investigates how
employees react to this
perceived objectification
through assimilating or
appropriating objects within
their work environment.
The artworks are created by
manipulating and appropriating
imagery, objects and general
processes commonly associated
with office-based work. The
objects used for my artwork
includes office partitioning,
appliances, stationery and
gadgets, whilst the
photographic images I have
generated also frequently
refer to the general modular
design plan of the call centre
itself. The works establish
and develops practicable
artistic modes of inquiry,
ones compatible with my own
working terms of employment as
a call center agent. Thus the
artworks are frequently
conceived in, experimented
with and in some cases
resolved from this workplace
setting. The intention behind
working in this way was to
shift aspects of my artistic
practice outside the
conventional realm of a studio
setting and relocate it firmly
within the codes, conventions,
expectations and environment
of the companies facilitating
my ...
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My recent artwork has been motivated by over twelve years experience in employment as a telephone sales representative and is inspired by a perception of how corporate space has become commoditized within call centre workplaces, and more importantly, how workers within these spaces have also been commoditized. The artworks investigates how employees react to this perceived objectification through assimilating or appropriating objects within their work environment.
The artworks are created by manipulating and appropriating imagery, objects and general processes commonly associated with office-based work. The objects used for my artwork includes office partitioning, appliances, stationery and gadgets, whilst the photographic images I have generated also frequently refer to the general modular design plan of the call centre itself. The works establish and develops practicable artistic modes of inquiry, ones compatible with my own working terms of employment as a call center agent. Thus the artworks are frequently conceived in, experimented with and in some cases resolved from this workplace setting. The intention behind working in this way was to shift aspects of my artistic practice outside the conventional realm of a studio setting and relocate it firmly within the codes, conventions, expectations and environment of the companies facilitating my ... |
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