INVERSE PROPORTION – ART AS (NOT) LABOR CONCERNS UNPAID ARTISTS’ LABOR.

THIS PROJECT IS DEDICATED TO RECORDING

art fabrication, installation & deinstallation, gallery sitting, rehearsals, meetings, etc.

materials, studio rent, exhibition documentation, travel, shipping, service fee, etc.

grants, awards, stipend, honorarium, artwork sales, etc

first-person perspective videos

FOR A PIECE, PROJECT, OR EXHIBITION, FROM 50 CHICAGO ARTISTS WHO HAVE EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLIC EVENTS IN 2022-23.

Wrapping her up: a look into packing Do you know the limit? Foot’s the limit or I lift you up, too (2022)

         Pieces in the show: “Washing+精靈: use water to soothe my rage” (triptych) and “Do you know the limit? Foot’s the limit or I lift you up, too” by C Tai Tai (2023)

Work Hours: Approx. 8-10 hours
Expense: Approx. $250
Income: $0

More Information about this project: http://taitaistudios.com/bio

Behind-the-scenes from TBD (2023)

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Income: TBD

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Behind-the-scenes from Regression to the Mean (2023)

Work Hours: 150h
Expense: $6,445
Income: $3,000

More Information about this project: https://www.davidvosburg.com/

Behind-the-scenes from TBA (2023)

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Labeling Negatives of For whom is it well, for whom is it well? (Kitchenette building #1) (2021), There is no one for whom it is well (Kitchenette building #3) (2021),  and No Longer at Ease (2021)

Work Hours: Approx. 30h
Expense: $2,400 + gas
Income: $800

More Information about this project: www.anwulikaanigbo.com

 

Behind-the-scenes from TBA (2023)

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Behind-the-scenes from Sunday Sprays (2022)

Work Hours: Approx. 8h
Expense: $43
Income: $0

More Information about this project:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rodosaw/albums/72177720295706968

Making of Provisions: Labor and Luxury (2022)

Work Hours: Approx. 40h in 2 weeks
Expense: Approx. $610
Income: Aprrox. $850 (honorarium and stipend)

More Information about this project:

Millicentkennedy.com https://www.charlesallis.org

Behind-the-scenes from Celeste: Preparation for Live Performance at ACRE Residency (2022)

Work Hours: Approx. 3.5h
Expense: $750 
Income: 0

More Information about this project: http://www.ale-campos.com/

Behind-the-scenes from Layer, Mark, Repeat  (2022)

The pieces in the show:  “Untitled” and others

Work Hours: Approx. 91h.
Expense: $800
Income: $0

More Information about this project: www.amatayastudio.com

Behind-the-scenes from Simulated Rainbow (2022)

The Pieces in the show: Kiki’s Room (fabric installation), One Man’s Utopia is Another’s Dystopia (knit installation), May the Flowers You Sew Grow

Work Hours: Approx. 354h (March 2022- March 2022) 
Expense: $989.46
Income: $1,000 (stipend)

More Information about this project: https://eseosaedebiri.com 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cdy3qPpFJbR/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Lynn Basa making Hero Worship for Mu Gallery exhibition, July 2022

Work Hours: 6h + hours of research and experimentation
Expense: $50 + expense from research, experimentation and other
Income: $250 (art sale: sold at $500)

More Information about this project: http://www.lynnbasa.com/

Stop Motion of Speck (2022) Animation

Work Hours: Approx. 450h
Expense: $4,500
Income: $0

More Information about this project: https://www.christiansenstudio.com/

Behind-the-scenes from (TBA) (2021-2022) 

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Behind-the-scenes from A Night Visible to the Naked Eye육안으로 보이는 밤 (2019-2022) 

Work Hours: Approx. 320h (2019-2022)
Expense: $6,222 + studio rent, software subscriptions, etc
Income: $2060 ($2010 grant + $50 20% 0f sales)

More information about this project: https://avisiblenight.com/

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Behind-the-scenes from Pinions exhibition (2023)

       The pieces in the show: “Flag book White I say things about many things and I say different things with only one word You won’t misunderstand it,” “Flag book Mirror I feel most foreign Two paper walls intersect In between the corners Where I find comfort to release a breath,” “Long book B/W If darkness can erase my old dream I will reverse the direction Left to right right to left up and down I didn’t intend to stay here this long,” “Long book White The long invisible line That’s how I remember the first Scribbles and stamps on paper, lifelines for many,” “Long book Yellow I am here, but I am also there Only leaving tiny outlets to connect Fabric book No borders but only layers The edges don’t turn Tension, interrupted,” “Box book The vague trace of life remains within temporary cues,” and others.

Work Hours: Approx. 300 hours, excluding installation and deinstallation.
Expense: Approx. $2700
Income: $2,650 (grant, and honorarium.)

More Information about this project: 
http://www.yoonshinpark.com/

Lead me from the Unreal to the Real –Behind the scenes from “Across Centuries and the Earth” at Dennos Museum (2023)

Work Hours: approximately 1000
Expense: Approximately $8,000
Income: $3750

More Information about this project: https://www.ahavani.com/solo-exhibition-at-dennos-museum/lead-me-from-the-unreal-to-the-real

Building “Room A” (2022)

Work Hours: Approx. 40h
Expense: Approx. $644
Income: $250 (honorarium)

More Information about this project:
https://rubyque.net/projects/room-a

“Wall painting & fixing for filming” Behind-the-scenes from Temporal Chest Hair (2022)

Work Hours: Approx. 136h
Expense: Aprrox. $700
Income: $1666.50 (fund)

More Information about this project: https://sung-jae-lee.com/Temporal- Chest-Hair

Behind-the-scenes from Untouched, -Un (2022)

The pieces in the show:  “Past, Present and Future Parts I & II,” “Fantasia II (Live the Dream),” “Portrait of Barry, Parts I & II,” and “Taking Flight from Where I Stand” by Marie Baldwin

Work Hours: Approx. 400 (M.B.)
Expense: $2,012.85 + Adobe subscription (M.B.)
Income: $980 (M.B)

More Information about this project:
http://mariebaldwin.net/
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Behind-the-scenes from Asking for the Moon

Work Hours: Approx. 80h.
Expense: $725
Income: $725 (galley reimbursement)

More Information about this project: http://breanna-studio.github.io/

Behind-the-scenes from Stairway to Nowhere (2022)

Work Hours: Approx. 126h
Expense: $325 + (meals, utilities, rent)
Income: $2000 (commission fee)

More Information about this project: http://www.bthomasart.com/

Behind-the-scenes from After (2022)

Work Hours: Approx. 850h (20––2022)
Expense: Approx. $2720
Income: N/A

More Information about this project: http://bryanabibbs.com/

Behind-the-scenes from the body of work of Uninhibited: People of The Earth at Crossings (2022)

The pieces in the show:  “مُثنيات Muthanayat: Mirrored folds of the same self,” “Lithostatic #1,” ” Lithostatic #2,” “الغير مقيدون: أهل الأرض  Uninhibited: People of the earth (video)” and others

Work Hours: Approx. 230h
Expense: $2,895
Income: $1,500 (grant)

More Information about this project: https://www.farahsalem.com/upcoming-events-1/2022/4/15/chicago-artist-coalition-crossings

Behind-the-scenes from  Timely Sanctification (2022)

The pieces in the show: Nostos and Algos (Two Nuns), Oranges on the Seder Plate, Karpas, Beitzah, and others

Work Hours: Approx. 185h (July 2021-April 2022)
Expense: $1,800
Income: $75 (material reimbursement)

More information about this project: https://www.chalfinpiney.com/

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