Work Labor Action (1999 - 2007)
5 3’x 4’ posters randomly wheat-pasted around the cities of Toronto, Vancouver, and New York.
Work as in the work of art, the thing that is left behind, Labor is the maintenance, the task of postering, Action is a gesture in the public sphere.
Work Labor Action is a five photo poster narrative from the life of Hannah Arendt. Each image was taken while writing her book: The Loves of St. Augustine (1924); The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951); The Human Condition (1958); Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil (1963) and On Revolution (1963); The Life of The Mind: Willing, Thinking (1977).
The title of each book is printed in 9pt Times New Roman font underneath her corresponding photograph.
Work Labor Action (1999): Euclid and Queen, Toronto
Work Labor Action (1999): Euclid and Queen, Toronto
Work Labor Action (2001): Granville Street, Vancouver
Work Labor Action (2001): Granville Street, Vancouver
Work Labor Action (2007): Street Scene, Murray Guy, NYC