Job Lot

Centred on the lifecycle of obsolete mobile phones, Job Lot reflects the concepts of purpose beyond obsolescence, material abundance, and the substantial human and environmental resources required for consumer electronics.

Even as waste, the salvaged mobile phones continue to perform, communicating messages from nobody to no one. Inspired by the workers on mobile phone production lines, the sculpture documents the variety of redundant objects and personal belongings that are part of the manufacturing process but not present in the final product. From blue latex gloves, pink hair nets and polyurethane sacks to commuter train tickets, fake nails and high-vis jackets, these redundant items record the people and places intertwined with the continuous cycle of manufacture and consumption.

Winner of the 2022 Clifford Chance UAL Sculpture Awards (UK).

2022

IPhones, acrylic, cables, fabric, plastic, metal, rubbish, phone holders, wood