Live Laugh Labour
Suburbia Contemporary•Sep 12, 2025 — Oct 25, 2025
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A few years ago, the motivational slogan “Live Laugh Love” (the word order can be changed, if desired) circulated widely in various countries. Interestingly, like other similar slogans, this one also had an effect that was the opposite of its probable intentions: the message was trivialised by repetition, to the point of becoming meaningless. The phrase was used on posters, good luck charms, key rings, and every other imaginable gadget, as a way of encouraging people to enjoy the best that life has to offer. The very fact that the slogan became so well-known makes it legitimate to wonder what motivated people to appropriate it and give it visibility. One might speculate that we feel the need to insistently reify certain concepts when their meaning isn’t realised in reality. I believe that Anna Raczyńska’s sarcastic and clever play on words for the exhibition title, Live Laugh Labour, is a relevant response. The “intruder” term, labour, is truly the great presence of...More
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Live Laugh Labour
Suburbia Contemporary•Sep 12, 2025 — Oct 25, 2025
Press Release
A few years ago, the motivational slogan “Live Laugh Love” (the word order can be changed, if desired) circulated widely in various countries. Interestingly, like other similar slogans, this one also had an effect that was the opposite of its probable intentions: the message was trivialised by repetition, to the point of becoming meaningless. The phrase was used on posters, good luck charms, key rings, and every other imaginable gadget, as a way of encouraging people to enjoy the best that life has to offer. The very fact that the slogan became so well-known makes it legitimate to wonder what motivated people to appropriate it and give it visibility. One might speculate that we feel the need to insistently reify certain concepts when their meaning isn’t realised in reality. I believe that Anna Raczyńska’s sarcastic and clever play on words for the exhibition title, Live Laugh Labour, is a relevant response. The “intruder” term, labour, is truly the great presence of...More
