An Artist’s Day is a single-channel video that explores visibility, identity, and the labor that structures daily life, both seen and unseen.
A subtle moment when the artist adjusts her name tag—correcting the missing umlaut—underscores the theme of visibility: how identity is flattened, simplified, or misrepresented in everyday contexts. While the artist repeats task after task, none of them relate to art-making, raising questions about who is seen as an “artist,” when, and by whom. An Artist’s Day ultimately reflects on labor, identity, and the paradox of performing everything except art in order to sustain an artistic life.
A subtle moment when the artist adjusts her name tag—correcting the missing umlaut—underscores the theme of visibility: how identity is flattened, simplified, or misrepresented in everyday contexts. While the artist repeats task after task, none of them relate to art-making, raising questions about who is seen as an “artist,” when, and by whom. An Artist’s Day ultimately reflects on labor, identity, and the paradox of performing everything except art in order to sustain an artistic life.
