About the project
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When Labour Becomes Form

Author
Lucia Tkáčová
[CZ] Další autoři
Anetta Mona Chisa
Year
2007
Keywords
Technique and size

embroidered tablecloth, 130x160 cm

About work

This project focuses on women aged 45 and older and highlights their social situation, social status, and above all their position on the jobs market, since this group is often subject to discrimination on the basis of sex or age.
The two artists placed classified ads in newspapers looking for an unemployed woman of the age group in question who would help them embroider a tablecloth for a fee. The tablecloth would feature a graph showing the unemployment rate of men and women.

Author of the annotation
Viktória Beličáková

Published
2019

Photo

Photo author: Artist´s archive
Center for Contemporary Arts Prague www.fcca.cz 2006–2024
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