Moi Tran
The Importance of Futile Tasks - the Puzzle, 2018
2000-piece puzzle in bespoke box
35 x 23cm
Copyright The Artist
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The Importance of Futile Task is an interactive puzzle that might induce a meditative activity or great frustration. Composed of 2,000 identical-looking blank, black puzzle pieces with no other discerning...
The Importance of Futile Task is an interactive puzzle that might induce a meditative activity or great frustration. Composed of 2,000 identical-looking blank, black puzzle pieces with no other discerning features, the puzzle presents a seemingly impossible task, and therefore a futile one. This work was originally part of a collective performance in which the participating audience were invited to sit down with the artist to try to solve the puzzle, and in doing so, consider the togetherness of this activity and the capitalist exploitation of migrant labor.
