Ignacio Uriarte in his studio. Photo© Maxime Ballesteros
Having worked in business administration before turning to art, Ignacio Uriarte appropriates standard digital and non-digital technology used in today’s office environments for his artistic production. His work should not to be misread as a critique of the monotonous structures typical of a nine-to-five environment, but as a critique of how people moving within these structures perceive and deal with them. Bringing out and celebrating the beauty inherent in such mundane things as a rolled up sheet of paper, Uriarte proves that dullness is not in the nature of ring-binders but in the office worker’s attitude towards them. This is not to say that any pen pusher could transform their workspace into something resembling an Uriarte exhibition simply by changing their attitude – but taking inspiration from the artist’s sense of humour would certainly make office life more entertaining.
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