do{}while()


Robot Vacuum, Charcoal Powder.

Exhibited at:
The Utopia of Rules, 72-13, 2025.

In do{}while(), a robot vacuum cleaner is a readymade and an oblique art reference to Duchamp’s infamous urinal, Fountain (1917).

A meditation on the automisation of domestic labor and the irony of monotonous work, do{}while() sees Wong working within the pre-existing programming of the robot vacuum to create an installation that turns the robot’s banal chores into pattern-making.

As it clears away black charcoal powder the artist has placed on the floor, the robot spreads the powder cleaning in a Sisyphean task of seemingly meaningless but beautiful labor. do{}while() invites a mutual recognition of the subject position of the worker between the human viewer and the machine.

More about the exhibition here.
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