"Unnecessary Labour" - Scale

I'm thinking that this piece may not need to be exceptionally big, since the idea is that the labour is unnecessary regardless of the quantity. A large piece would be a large amount of unnecessary labour, and a small piece would be a small amount of unnecessary labour. Both are unnecessary.

Maybe I should make a "SMALL AMOUNT OF UNNECESSARY LABOUR" piece, and a "SLIGHTLY LARGER AMOUNT OF UNNECESSARY LABOUR" piece.

To Do

- Expand "Unnecessary Labour" piece.

- Finish other series (the pieces that say, "I'm just trying to...").

"Unnecessary Labour," "Productivity"

I really get the sense that the medium I've chosen for the pieces I've been making fits as well as I was hoping it would. I'm spending hours a day cross-stitching, and the monotony makes me constantly wonder:

- Is this productivity?
- What's the point?
- What is life?

That, I guess, was exactly what I had been aiming to communicate.

Tutorial Notes

- "unnecessary labour" pieces would work if I were able to put in more time than I actually have
- the other side of the idea (i.e. "refusal to work") would fit better if the piece has to be created in less time
- reclaim laziness - efficiency, fight against the idea that work is necessary

"Art"

YES:
pain
labour

NO:
feeling okay
efficiency

11/12/2014 2

While I have nothing to say, I guess other people do.

11/12/2014

I think it's difficult trying to make something that moves on from the first piece I made this term, because it says exactly what I wanted to say. And I think the point was that I had nothing else to say. I might recreate it without mounting it, since it's about the action of making it. I think it needs to be presented while it is being made, or giving the impression that it is still being made.