valerie wiseman
Valerie Wiseman, You Do The Math, 2020; Admin Desk Installation; Website; Video; Documentation of administrative processes Aug. 2010–Aug.2020, tasks & work; Google Form; Google spreadsheet; dimensions variable.
Emphasizing and sensationalizing the assumptions of mechanized admin in the production of the arts, You Do the Math is an archive of one admin’s labor and serves as an invitation to share in the process of the art work. Proposing a system of presentation and categorization of admin projects and tasks, the artist attempts to organize and quantify the human action and interactions of admin work in the arts.
Thank you to fellow administrators and artists who helped produced this iteration of the project, as well as all those that came before it: RHM, CK, AJ, AR, GP, KL, HS, KP, VR, JM, MD, AB, IL, MO, EE, SS, GS, CS.
Valerie Wiseman, You Do The Math, 2020; single channel video, color, 2 minutes 20 seconds.
Video Sources:
Paperwork Explosion, Jim Henson, 1976; 9 to 5, Colin Higgins, 1980; Behind The Scenes In A Chicago Skyscraper In 1980s, David Hoffman, published Dec 27, 2019; Video & still photograph documentation of Admin Wall installation; Digital documentation from artist’s admin archive Aug. 2010–Aug. 2020.
Admin Wall Featured Artworks by:
Rex Delafkaran, LifeWTR by Adrienne Gaither, Victor Koroma, Joseph Orzal, Alanna Reeves, Valerie Wiseman and Naoko Wowsugi.
Video Support by:
RHM
Valerie Wiseman is an artist and administrator based in Washington, DC. Through perpetual collaborations, she utilizes forms of communications, events and multimedia objects to engage with and document processes of the built and natural environment.