Study for Work With Us
May 1, 2018
Study is understood here in its classical sense, a sketched work, a prototype with a view to creating a larger art piece.
Study for Work With Us is a series of sculptures, drawings, objets and videos produced in 2018 on the labor topic, which led to the development of the multimedia installation Work With Us.
Competitive remuneration series
Hourly job rates are hardly mentioned in ads, unlike the many benefits offered to the employees: fruit baskets, fresh beers, international atmosphere or yoga classes.
Go for it & Own it, clay, 14 x 7 x 7 cm, 2018
Völlig Banane, clay, 12 x 2 x 2 cm, 2018
Challenges, clay, 5 x 5 x 5 cm, 2018
Labor Union
Since the 2000s, the unemployment rate in Germany has dropped, but the number of working poor has exploded. At the same time, the Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund—German Trade Union Confederation—has lost almost half of its members since 1991. In general, there is a worldwide fragmentation of social protections and a dissolution of the collective.
Video Stills, HD Video, 12´
Force of proposition
Animated GIF, 2018
To be a proactive force, again and again...
Animeted GIF
Vertical homework for flat hierarchy
Replica of a team-building exercise making a pyramid with spaghetti and marshmallows. The team that builds the highest pyramid in 20 minutes wins.
Detail, spaghetti and marshmallows, 90 cm
Spaghetti and marshmallows, 90 cm
collapsed after 13 days
Kleinanzeige
Since 2017 I have been collecting job of fers from startups on specialized sites or social media. The words used in these ads reveals shifts in selection criteria. Craving distinction, originality and creativity, these companies ultimately offer no more than standardized work environments.
Video stills, HD video, 04′37″
NO POLITICS NO BULLSHIT from KLEINANZEIGEN series
Letter set transfers on survival blanket,15 x 20 cm
Archimedes’ screw
Archimedes’ screw allows to transport a thing from a low point to a high point.
Ink pen on graph paper, 30 x 20 cm
Ohne Ende
Attempt of reproduction in clay of the elaborate mechanism of the Archimedes’ screw.
Clay, threaded rod, 120 x 10 cm
Aller au charbon 2H57
To Get One’s Hands Dirty 2h57
Update of the series Aller au charbon, using the technique of mechanical drawing. Drawing done in 177 minutes.
ink on survival blanket, 42 x 22 cm
Jalousie
Between transparency and opacity, what concepts are behind this idea of benevolant leadership ?
Blinds, paint, 140 x 60 cm
Fake Spiegel - Fake Mirror
December 26, 2016, call center online application, first step. Following an hour of testing and simulation, these two graphs are the algorithmic representations of my competencies and my personality.
Pyrograph on Plexiglas, 25 x 50 cm
Scarecow
The comfort zone is to be avoided in the start-up culture...
