Art & Work

Editors:

Kirsteen Macdonald

Dave Beech

Benjamin Fallon

Marina Vishmidt

Art has been integral to recent debates and critical strategies contesting the social imaginary of work. The modernist vision of artistic labour as the paradigm of nonalienated labour has been replaced by the alignment of art with the micropolitics of work and the withdrawal from work. Artists have been regarded as exemplars of both new forms of 24/7 labour and the humane workplace.

This research arc explores the intersection of art and work not only by applying theories of work to art but also testing theories of work through art.

Content from Art & Work

Open call

Art & Work

Benjamin FallonDave BeechKirsteen MacdonaldMarina Vishmidt

Launch

Work

Tue 7–Wed 8 May 2019

Andy AbbottClara UrsittiFrances StaceyMarika TroiliMarina VishmidtMartha RoslerNathan JonesPetra BauerSCOT-PEPShona Macnaughtonsuperconductr

Dialogue

Never (Off) Work!

Wed 5 Dec 2018

Benjamin FallonBjörn PerborgDave BeechFelicity AllenJ RohJenny RichardsKarin HanssonKelvin Kyungkun ParkKirsteen MacdonaldMarina VishmidtShona MacnaughtonsuperconductrWinnie Herbstein

Dialogue

The Politics of Work in Art

Wed 30 May 2018

Benjamin FallonDave BeechKirsteen MacdonaldMarina Vishmidt