WFH (Work From Home)
Kay Abude, David Attwood, Eugenia Lim, Sven 't Jolle

STATION, Sydney
1–29 August 2020

WFH (Work From Home) was developed in response to our current situation. The exhibition investigates the politics of work and how the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed and amplified existing structural inequalities in our society.

‘WFH’ stands for ‘work from home’. The abbreviation is often used in digital communication to notify colleagues that someone is working from home rather than reporting to a physical place of business. Many of us have been working from home the past few months, as we attempt to prevent the spread of COVID-19. One of the outcomes of our changed work environment and conditions has been a renewed social engagement with the politics at play in how and where we work, who does what work, and what types of work are valued or considered ‘essential’.

The exhibition features a group of Australian-based artists whose practices explore issues of work, labour, productivity, how we function within contemporary neoliberal capitalism, and whether there is a viable alternative.

Read the catalogue essay

Photos: Zan Wimberley