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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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