We started to be interested in the pig after re-watching several pig-related cartoons—ones that we were fed with while growing up. In these anthropomorphic cartoons, pigs are oftentimes stand-ins for laboring bodies, bodies that are dis-assemble into productive parts. For example, in Three Little Pigs, the only way for pigs to withstand the wolf is to devote themselves to labor— constantly building houses. We resonate with pigs because of the way our bodies are organized by capitalist society through its advocacy for productivity and uniformity. This video manifests the process of us learning and thinking through our relationship to capital, and we see it as an attempt to thwart assimilation by creating chaos.
3-channel video installation. Videos 1-2: HD color, 2-channel sound, 19:02 minute synchronized loop. Video 3: SD color, sound, 02:39 minute loop.
Still from all i have to do is (Videos 3), Three Little Pigs
Still from all i have to do is (Videos 1-2), frame/framing
Still from all i have to do is (Videos 1-2), On Behalf of Failure
Still from all i have to do is (Videos 1-2), The Cycle
Still from all i have to do is (Videos 1-2), All I Have to Do Is Dream
Still from all i have to do is (Videos 1-2), Melting the Solid
Still from all i have to do is (Videos 1-2), Re-assemble
Still from all i have to do is (Videos 1-2), Funk Lesson
Installation view of all i have to do is at RISD Fletcher Building, RI
Excerpt from all i have to do is (Videos 1-2)