Great stuff, Lesa. Enjoyed your work a lot. Only sorry that I don't
own a gallery...
Doris
On 9 Jan 2006, at 22:27, Lesa Moriarity wrote:
> Hello all,
> I have launched my web site and first web project uploaded. Its a
> drawing project that I have mentioned on this list. So here it is.
> Look forward to any comments.
>
> Attached below is the press release.
> Thank you,
> Lesa M.
>
>
> -----press release----
>
> Launch of Exhibit 905 Web Site
>
> Art Show Centres on Call Centres
>
> [Oshawa, January xx, 2006] - Exhibit 905 announces the launch of
> its new web site with the exhibition of Tally Sheet Drawing Series.
> The drawings by the artist, Lesa Moriarity, were completed at her
> day-job as a Caller at a Call Centre in Toronto, ON, 2005.
>
> The work of Call Centres is based on member lists and databases, to
> help update and provide statistics to clients. For a decade or more
> now, Call Centre jobs have been the answer for politicians and
> workers toward high unemployment rates and the promise for a decent
> quality of life in the future in suburbs, rural towns, and cities
> across Canada. At the same time, Call Centres have provided
> flexible shifts and income support that meet the minimum needs of
> people who want to pursue their passion in music, theatre, dance,
> visual art, education, their children, between jobs or transition,
> while on pensions, and living with disability.
>
> The job requires Callers to work late nights and weekends. Callers
> are eligible for limited benefits when they maintain the required
> work hours every week. While companies encourage them to schedule
> fewer hours for better results on the phone, many Callers must work
> their 35+-hour work week to make ends meet.
>
> "It was gratifying because we fundraised for good causes, arts and
> non-profit organizations.," said Moriarity, "Exhaustive repetitive
> communication skills are required of the job. Drawing while I
> worked made the Call Centre unique."
>
> Callers write their sales and pledges on tally sheets, which
> Supervisors verify, correct, tally, input and report to clients at
> the end of every shift. Every tally sheet notes the number of the
> station, hours, and date. Moriarity kept her tally sheets with
> drawings on them, and transferred her sales to another sheet to
> hand in. Drawing was combined spontaneously with Calling by
> Moriarity, during her 37+ hours a week, 5-hour, 8-hour, or 10.5-
> hour shifts, 5-6 days a week schedule, from January to October 2005.
>
> The drawings are now available for viewing by the public with the
> launch of the Exhibit 905 web site: www.exhibit905.info.
>
> For more information contact: [log in to unmask]
>
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