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The Public Square: Our Work and Why We Do It |
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by The Public Square
Email: info (nospam) thepublicsquare.net (verified) |
23 Apr 2004
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Before an event designed to celebrate, congratulate, and consume art work, come share how you understand yourself as one who works in a world that requires that you do. |
The Public Square invites you to the first in a series of discussions, gatherings, and other events that make space for public engagement.
"Our Work and Why We Do It"
Saturday, April 24, 2004
5:30 PM
preceding the opening of the MFA thesis show
Krannert Art Museum
500 East Peabody Drive,
Champaign, Illinois
Work is a fact of life for most of us, no more escapable than death or taxes. Some of us have the luxury of working at what our work is; others must differentiate between their work and their jobs. We are motivated to work partly by the material rewards it offers (a full belly, a roof over our heads, a paycheck, an MFA thesis show) and partly by the intangible benefits we derive from it, though we often overemphasize how motivated we are by those intangibles. Culturally, we believe there is an achievable golden mean of work: an acceptable level of unemployment, sustainable productivity, or a relation to work that is neither 'workaholism' or 'slackerdom.' If work is defined as what is economically, socially, culturally or interpersonally productive, then it has been losing steady ground to 'consumption' as a privileged and valued category.
Before an event designed to celebrate, congratulate, and consume art work, come share how you understand yourself as one who works in a world that requires that you do. |
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