Can't Work That Way (missed cues)

Can't Work That Way (missed cues) detail. Photographed by Ruby Stevens.

Can't Work That Way (missed cues). Photographed by Ruby Stevens.

Can't Work That Way (missed cues) video documentation. Documented by Ruby Stevens.

Can't Work That Way (missed cues) (2023)

120 x 70 x 70 cm, 7:42 mins looped. Toy robotic arm, kitchen utensils, baking ingredients, plastic tablecloth, video, computer.

Can’t work that way (missed cues) features an anthropomorphised robotic sculpture that struggles and fails to make pancakes. While humorously questioning the gendering of care-based labour, the robot also represents how advancements in technology continue to reframe our role in society. Alongside the sculpture, a video shows the robotic arm successfully executing the tasks it has been programmed to do – pouring flour, sugar and an egg into a bowl and mixing it with a spoon. Through this juxtaposition, Stevens highlights the disparity between expectations, outcomes, and ability, as a neurodiverse individual.

Exhibited in

PICA Hatched National Graduate Exhibition. Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts. 2024.

inFORM QUT Visual Arts Graduate Exhibition. QUT Z12 Studios. 2023.

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