Attention Exercise: The World of Work, three digital prints, each 84.1 cm x 59.4 cm, 2022
The work traces and schematizes the movement of the eyes of the respective three riders for 10 seconds out of their work activities recorded in ‘Attention Exercise: Our Collective Eyes,’ with the texts that list descriptive systems of work and labor - 'Work Accident', 'Work Value', and 'Work Emotion.' It allows us to contemplate the present world of work and labor that encroaches our attention and simultaneously suggests that a new organization is possible by revealing the subject’s power to act in itself.
10 Seconds' Eyes: Work Accident
Infection – Occupational Disease – Overwork – Traffic Accident – Rupture – Excessive Movement – Suffocation – Musculoskeletal Disease – Stabbing – Exposure to Harmful Substances – Psychological Trauma – Sinking – Noise Exposure – Awkward Posture – Fire – Exposure to Abnormal Pressure – Collapsing – Exposure to Abnormal Temperature – Explosion – Collision – Winding – Slipping – Turn Over – Violence – Compression – Tumbling – Bumping – Drowning – Repetitive Motion – Cut – Caught In – Crushed – Electric Shock – Amputation – Excessive Power – Vibration – Hit – Stress – Anoxia – Exposure to Harmful Rays – Falling – Exposure to Hazardous Substances – Physical Reaction
10 Seconds' Eyes: Work Value
Mental Challenge – Responsibility – Authority – Supervision-Human Relation – Advancement – Independence – Physical Prowess – Compensation – Social Interaction – Social Status – Activity – Lifestyle – Moral Value – Co-workers – Risk – Personal Development – Altruism – Security - Achievement – Aesthetics – Recognition – Company Policies and Practices – Ability Utilization – Working Condition – Supervision-Technical – Cultural Identity
10 Seconds' Eyes: Work Emotion
Absence of Self – Exhausted Energy – Lethargy – Self-sufficiency – Boredom – Reverie – Grief – Despair – Duality – Constraint – Ethical Satisfaction – Lamentation – Rage – Tiredness – Hypnosis – Oblivion – Abandonment – Impatience – Nervousness – Devotion – Pride – Resignation – Aroused State – Comfort – Fatigue – Tension – Sense of Unity – Secret Hope – Misery – Indifference – Deviation – Solidarity – Marginality
-‘10 Seconds' Eyes: Work Accident’ reference: Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA) Guide G-8-2006, G-83-2016 / Ministry of Employment and Labor, Analysis of Industrial Accidents Status (2021)
-‘10 Seconds' Eyes: Work Value’ reference: The study of work values measurement (Values Scale: VS, Work Value Inventory: WVI, Minnesota Importance Questionnaire: MIQ)
-‘10 Seconds' Eyes: Work Emotion’ reference: Jacques Ranciere, The Nights of Labor: The Workers’ Dream in Nineteenth-Century France (Temple University Press, 1989) / Ahram Jeong, the script of ‘Performance Minimum: Interview’ (2020)