{"id":335,"date":"2024-06-17T17:43:16","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T17:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/?page_id=335"},"modified":"2024-06-26T11:25:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T11:25:56","slug":"workplace-egyptomania","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/workplace-egyptomania\/","title":{"rendered":"Workplace Egyptomania"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><br><strong>Exhibited at <em>Of Local Interest<\/em>, Collective, London<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Egyptomania in the Workplace: Object Actions\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/73067334?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Based on the launch of the Carreras Cigarette Factory in 1928, this series of works imagines the consequences of contextualising a workplace within the symbolism of Ancient Egypt. Opening during the height of Egyptomania &#8211; following the excavation of Tutankamun&#8217;s tomb in 1922 &#8211; actors clad in Ancient Egyptian-inspired costumes performed chariot races outside the factory on pavements lined with sand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>ABOVE:<\/strong> <em><strong>Object Actions<\/strong><\/em> is a re-enactment of some of the distractions caused by having sand in the workplace and the subsequent connections between the formal qualities of office furniture and Ancient Egyptian sculptures in the British Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>BELOW:<\/strong> <em><strong>Ceremonial Sand<\/strong><\/em><br>Air drying clay, watercolour paint, PVA glue, nail varnish<br>An artist&#8217;s impression of individual grains of sand made by someone who can feel sand in the workplace during an art therapy session arranged through occupational health, with each individual grain made according to the scale and texture imagined by the person making it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/38_p1090564-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/38_p1090564-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/38_p1090564-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" data-id=\"403\" src=\"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/38_p1090566.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-403\" 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Opening during the height of Egyptomania &#8211; following the excavation of Tutankamun&#8217;s tomb in 1922 &#8211; actors clad in Ancient&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/workplace-egyptomania\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Workplace Egyptomania<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-335","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":963,"href":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/335\/revisions\/963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}