Artist Andrew Norman Wilson hires a virtual assistant located in India through the online office help agency, Get Friday. Norm’s desire is not to have the virtual assistant keep his schedule or pick up his dry cleaning, but rather he wants to subvert the corporate boss/worker relationship and coax his virtual assistant, Akhil, into personal conversations on the job. Roberta writes about this rare art project to create human bonds where none were envisioned.
Read MoreLike the unruly cousin of Queer Voice at ICA last spring, Quadruple-Consciousness at Vox Populi offers a look at artists who use parody or hyperbole to critique American culture. Much of the work by the 19 artists is performance-based, with two nights of live performance central to the show. (If you missed the opening night, you can catch different performers live at the show’s closing on Jan. 29.)
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