Brett Wallace, Working Conditions, NURTUREart Gallery. On view March 16–April 14, 2019.
Working Conditions, a solo exhibition by Brett Wallace, investigates the consequences and implications that new technologies such as artificial intelligence and algorithm-driven platforms have had in restructuring the relationships contracted workers have to their employers, their labor, and themselves.
Press:
New York Times: New York Galleries: What To See Right Now, April 3rd, 2019, by Jillian Steinhauer.
Brooklyn Rail: BRETT WALLACE with Andreas Petrossiants, April 14th, 2019.
Artnet: 18 Things Not To Miss In New York’s Art World This Week, March 11th 2019, by Tim Schneider.
Working Conditions, installation view, NURTUREart, New York, 2019. Performers: Mischa Ipp and Ben Dawson. Photo: Nicholas Knight.
Working Conditions, installation view, NURTUREart, New York, 2019. Performers: Mischa Ipp and Ben Dawson. Photo: Nicholas Knight.
HQ2, video, 60-minute selection, 2019. Filmed by Brett Wallace. Edited by Brett Wallace and Maral Satari.
Working Conditions, still from HQ2 vide0, NURTUREart, New York, 2019.
Amazon protestors during January 30th, 2019 hearing between Amazon and City Council Meeting, New York City. Photo: Brett Wallace.
Working Conditions, installation view, NURTUREart, New York, 2019. Performers: Mischa Ipp and Ben Dawson. Photo: Nicholas Knight.
Mechanical Turk Workstation, installation view, NURTUREart, New York, 2019. Photo: Nicholas Knight.
Mechanical Turk Workstation, installation view, NURTUREart, New York, 2019. Photo: Nicholas Knight.
Mechanical Turk Workers, video, 2 hrs., 36 mins., 07 sec., 2018. Sourced 2-minute interviews with Amazon Mechanical Turk Workers for $2.00 each.
Working Conditions, installation view, NURTUREart, 2019. Photo: Nicholas Knight.
Working Conditions, installation view, NURTUREart, 2019. Photo: Nicholas Knight.
Working Conditions, installation view, vinyl print, NURTUREart, New York, 2019.
Truckers, 2020, 13 min., 23 sec. Written, produced, and directed by Brett Wallace. Filmed and edited by Brett Wallace and Maral Satari.
Working Conditions, installation view, NURTUREart, 2019. Photo: Nicholas Knight.
Working Conditions, Cleaners, installation view, bucket, video, mobile phone, sponge, spray bottle, cleaning spray, gloves, NURTUREart, 2019. Photo: Nicholas Knight.
Cleaners, video, 4 min., 32 sec., 2019. Written, directed and produced by Brett Wallace. Camera and editing by Maral Satari.
Working Conditions, installation view, 2019. Photo: Nicholas Knight.
Girl and Alexa studying, Brooklyn, New York, February 2019, archival pigment print, 20 x 30 inches.
Girl Talking to Alexa, still from video, 2019.
Girl Talking to Alexa, video, 1 min., 29 sec., 2019. Written, produced and directed by Brett Wallace. Camera and editing by Maral Satari.
Roundtable, NURTUREart, New York, 2019.