Pantheon
A sequel of sorts to the composite photographic print "On Standby," in "Pantheon," our tireless worker has managed to escape the call centre, having successfully navigated the corporate ladder only to find themselves in another bland, liminal corporate mid-space. Now a step removed from the monotony of their former misery, they are confronted with the fact that the formative years of their career were merely a prelude to ever greater levels of alienation, entrapment, powerlessness, and anonymity. These qualities, which are often rebranded by the business community as success, leadership, loyalty, and wealth, are now seen for what they truly are – a façade, a mirage that lures workers into a false sense of accomplishment and fulfilment, with the monthly paycheck creating the placebo effect required for the worker forget their own ambitions. The artwork contains a life-sized office partition (the same referenced in "On Standby"), which has been physically inlaid within the wall-mounted photographic print. Here the partition serves as a metaphor for the barriers and divisions that exist within the corporate world. Monolithic and foreboding, the office pantheon hovers just above eye level, like a constant reminder of the oppressive nature of corporate hierarchy with the black frame encasing the artwork glistening at points under the harsh strip-lighting, underscoring the fetishistic properties such materials provide when further ensconcing one "reality" from another. Here, the artifice of the call center (and, by extension, "On Standby") is readily apparent, but the revelation has only provided the darker truth that behind every flat, corporate reality lies another layer of drudgery and deceit, another invisible rung on the ladder to capitalistic ascension.
A sequel of sorts to the composite photographic print "On Standby," in "Pantheon," our tireless worker has managed to escape the call centre, having successfully navigated the corporate ladder only to find themselves in another bland, liminal corporate mid-space. Now a step removed from the monotony of their former misery, they are confronted with the fact that the formative years of their career were merely a prelude to ever greater levels of alienation, entrapment, powerlessness, and anonymity. These qualities, which are often rebranded by the business community as success, leadership, loyalty, and wealth, are now seen for what they truly are – a façade, a mirage that lures workers into a false sense of accomplishment and fulfilment, with the monthly paycheck creating the placebo effect required for the worker forget their own ambitions. The artwork contains a life-sized office partition (the same referenced in "On Standby"), which has been physically inlaid within the wall-mounted photographic print. Here the partition serves as a metaphor for the barriers and divisions that exist within the corporate world. Monolithic and foreboding, the office pantheon hovers just above eye level, like a constant reminder of the oppressive nature of corporate hierarchy with the black frame encasing the artwork glistening at points under the harsh strip-lighting, underscoring the fetishistic properties such materials provide when further ensconcing one "reality" from another. Here, the artifice of the call center (and, by extension, "On Standby") is readily apparent, but the revelation has only provided the darker truth that behind every flat, corporate reality lies another layer of drudgery and deceit, another invisible rung on the ladder to capitalistic ascension.
A sequel of sorts to the composite photographic print "On Standby," in "Pantheon," our tireless worker has managed to escape the call centre, having successfully navigated the corporate ladder only to find themselves in another bland, liminal corporate mid-space. Now a step removed from the monotony of their former misery, they are confronted with the fact that the formative years of their career were merely a prelude to ever greater levels of alienation, entrapment, powerlessness, and anonymity. These qualities, which are often rebranded by the business community as success, leadership, loyalty, and wealth, are now seen for what they truly are – a façade, a mirage that lures workers into a false sense of accomplishment and fulfilment, with the monthly paycheck creating the placebo effect required for the worker forget their own ambitions. The artwork contains a life-sized office partition (the same referenced in "On Standby"), which has been physically inlaid within the wall-mounted photographic print. Here the partition serves as a metaphor for the barriers and divisions that exist within the corporate world. Monolithic and foreboding, the office pantheon hovers just above eye level, like a constant reminder of the oppressive nature of corporate hierarchy with the black frame encasing the artwork glistening at points under the harsh strip-lighting, underscoring the fetishistic properties such materials provide when further ensconcing one "reality" from another. Here, the artifice of the call center (and, by extension, "On Standby") is readily apparent, but the revelation has only provided the darker truth that behind every flat, corporate reality lies another layer of drudgery and deceit, another invisible rung on the ladder to capitalistic ascension.
