johngboehme

Artist Statement
What interests and informs my work is the constant formulation and reformulation one encounters in various modes of communication. Language or paralanguage (physical or gestural) is an integral part of my work. Current engagement in the production, presentation and research of a recent body of work which explores (through trans-disciplinary installation and object making), the language and objecthood of Labour, Leisure and Sport.
Labour and Leisure are a set of inter-related phenomena: we labour to procure leisure, yet leisure activities are often labourious - the challenge to perform is common to both activities. Although it’s generally obvious that labour requires applied effort, consider as well the fixed determination that we apply to ‘recreation’, for example, “craft marathons”. In this work I see Labour and Leisure as facets of the same unconsidered compulsion to fulfill societal expectations.