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work.txt
Nathan Ellis
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work.txt
Nathan Ellis
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Hate your job? Come work for us. This is a show about work.
But the worker isn't here, so it's down to you. You'll clock in at the beginning.
You'll get short breaks at regular intervals.
You'll work in a team, and under your own initiative. You will be your own boss.
You will be free. work.txt is a show performed entirely by the audience about the gig economy, financial instability and bullshit jobs. This edition was published to coincide with the run at the Soho Theatre in London in February 2022.
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a gallery
The scene is projected behind the performers line by line. The printer prints the scene.
AIād like to talk today about truth. About the truth of what life means to me, of what weāre doing and why. Of life and death. Of life AND death. And work. Obviously. This is about hard WORK. There has been SO much hard WORK gone into this new. This NEW gallery space, generously funded by Shell, which allows us to explore in dovetail the word of of of express blah the funding the blah blah blah blah.
B You ok?
ASorry, I didnāt realise anyone else was here.
B I was here the whole time.
AI see that now. Sorry.
B I stay here the whole time. Thatās my job. Iām the gallery attendant. What are you doing?
AIām rehearsing. I have to do a speech.
BWhat for?
AThe room is being renamed.
BYouāre the curator?
AYes.
BCongratulations.
AOn what?
BThis room. Itās a very nice room. I like the exhibition.
AThank you.
BWorkspace. Itās an interesting idea.
AThereās a dot.
BWhat?
AWork dot space. Thereās a dot in the middle. Itās . . . The internet. Or something.
B A lot of people have just been saying āwork spaceā.
AYes, I was told that might happen.
BI think itās really interesting.
AThatās good. Are you an artist?
BI studied art but in the script my role is just gallery attendant.
AItās an important role. Not as important as the curator, obviously, but important!
B The exhibition makes me think about this thing I saw online, maybe you saw it. Itās this person called [INSERT NAME]?
ANo I havenāt seen it.
A member of the audience (shouting out)You work here, right? What does this thing here mean? Whatās it about?
B Well, everything in this space is about work and space. And this is a piece by an artist from Mexico exploring crafts practices ā
A member of the audience (shouting out)So, itās about Mexico?
B No. Itās ā
A (interrupting)Itās a really interesting piece, actually, exploring the way that work and leisure intersect, the ways beauty and imagination are manipulated ā
A member of the audience (shouting out)It looks like blocks of painted wood.
AItās a lot more than that.
A member of the audience (shouting out)Who are you?
AIām the curator. Of the space.
A member of the audience (reading off the wall, still shouting)workspace. Whatās that?
B Work dot space. Thereās a dot.
A member of the audience (shouting out)Ok. Whereās the best art?
AWell, itās all world-class, what do you like?
A member of the audience (shouting out)Art. You know, like Art?
AIām afraid I donāt know what you mean.
A member of the audience (shouting out)Are you patronising me?
ANo.
A member of the audience (shouting out)You are, youāre patronising us, youāre patronising me and my husband and my family. You think weāre too stupid to understand this art and that I want simple art, which isnāt true, I just like different things to you, I just use art for different purposes to you. I donāt need a gallery to explain what work is because I work already. I donāt want to have to work hard in my spare time pretending to like little blocks of wood stacked up on top of each other. Iāve come a very long way to be here, so that I could look at some really nice art, and feel a bit calmer, and then take a picture to show my elderly relatives when I get home.
AWell, I think . . .
A member of the audience (shouting out)Iām not finished. I have to be back at work on Monday, real work, not like you do, stood around chatting about thoughts and feelings, about whether work is good or bad or pointless. Of course I hate my job. Everyone does. But you have to work. What else would you do? And the thing is I want to show the people at work that Iāve been to some proper art on my holiday. Which I think is fine. Isnāt it? Isnāt that fine? I want to see a Monet.
B Thereās a Monet on the second floor in the BP Gallery.
A member of the audience (shouting out)Thank you.
B Iām sorry about that.
ADonāt be. Itās fine. Theyāre probably right.
B No.
AThey are, theyāre probably right, the blocks of wood were an error. Whatever. Itās not important. I get sent thank-you cards.
B Do you?
ASometimes. I get sent letters. From people saying how much they like my work.
B That must be nice.
AIt is. It makes me think, what Iām doing must be worthwhile.
Pause.
B I donāt get sent letters.
AWhat?
BIt was a joke. Iām a gallery attendant, so, obviously I donāt get sent letters.
AOf course. A joke. You were talking about [INSERT NAME].
B There are lots of pictures on social media. Iāll show you on my phone.
AAnd then the curator looks at a picture on the attendantās phone of [INSERT NAME] lying down in the lobby.
B And then the attendant shows the picture of [INSERT NAME] to the curator. The attendant watches the face of the curator, to see if they seem bored or impressed. The attendant talks to the curator about what they think the meaning of the thing might be. They talk about what the significance of [INSERT NAME] is to them, of what that action, which...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Nathan Ellis ā Writer and Director
- Image
- Contents
- work.txt
- Dedication
- A member of the audience reads the following out
- An office
- A gallery
- A cruise ship
- The audience
- The printer will take over the work
- Acknowledgements
- eCopyright
Citation styles for work.txt
APA 6 Citation
Ellis, N. (2022). work.txt (1st ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/3280070/worktxt-pdf (Original work published 2022)
Chicago Citation
Ellis, Nathan. (2022) 2022. Work.Txt. 1st ed. Bloomsbury Publishing. https://www.perlego.com/book/3280070/worktxt-pdf.
Harvard Citation
Ellis, N. (2022) work.txt. 1st edn. Bloomsbury Publishing. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/3280070/worktxt-pdf (Accessed: 15 October 2022).
MLA 7 Citation
Ellis, Nathan. Work.Txt. 1st ed. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022. Web. 15 Oct. 2022.