Rirkrit Tiravanija Quotes
I'm ephemeral as much as I can be, so I started to think about the idea of not working. It's really about a change of attitude. It's not so much about stopping, but about re-thinking the meaning of one's production.
She had a concept and a plan whereby people in their late teens and trenties would work very hard--long days rather than shorten the work day. But thereafter, if they wished, they would recieve a basic living and would not have to work thereafter. For much work sustained concentration over long hours is not only necessary but is preferred by many of the workers--scientists, scholars, entrapraneurs, computer programmers, are just a few. This is what many very successful people have been choosing--they just change careers. Some ironically dpend as many hours at the second and third career as the first.
Rirkrit Tiravanija (Thai: ฤกษ์ฤทธิ์ ตีระวนิช, pronunciation: [rɯk-rit tira-wanit] or Tea-rah-vah-nit) is a Thai contemporary artist residing in New York City, Berlin, and Chiangmai, Thailand. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1961. His installations often take the form of stages or rooms for sharing meals, cooking, reading or playing music; architecture or structures for living and socializing are a core element in his work.
