Wölfe im Schafspelz Wolfs in sheep clothes
Drei Waschmaschinen mit Pausengesprächen über Arbeit,
zwischen dem Schleudern, Luleà, Schweden, 2005
Three
washing machine covered in sheep clothes.
Three
conversations about work.
The work Wolfs in Sheeps Clothings criticises society humorously
from many viewpoints.
With
regard to the title, we can of course look at the machines that carry out the
work so
quickly
and usefully for us as wolves in sheeps clothing, which will prove dangerous
to us
in the long term.
Yes, washing machines work and, judging by what they say to each other, they
do not
appear
to want to do anything else either. They transmit their thoughts to the people
from
other,
poorer countries who come here to get work. Maybe they feel just as foreign
in our
country as washing machines in an art gallery. We then sense an element of irony
in the
works
title: the people looking for work, are they really wolves in sheeps clothings?
We can also consider which machines are working for us. The sheeps clothing
leads our
thoughts
to utility animals. People tend to treat animals like some kind of machine that
is there just to work for us, and they are often not treated with the respect
living
creatures
deserve. Do we have the right to dominate nature so selfishly?
1:
Hello
2/3: Hi
3: What do you want?
1: Work
2: We want work too
1: What do you do
2/3. Work
(After they wash.)