The Employee by joshua schwebel
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Invitation: The Employee

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dear friends and colleagues,
I am writing to invite you to a live online performance of my year-long project, The Employee, performed by Camille Valcourt-Synnott, and hosted by Forest City gallery.

The performance will take place on Tuesday, January 26, from 10:30am - 1:30pm (EST/UTC-5).

Conceptual artist Joshua Schwebel has hired a grant-writer whose task is to write funding applications on behalf of the Forest City gallery. "The Employee", the project’s title, is both a one-year employment contract and an artwork contributing to the structural support of the Forest City Gallery, an artist-run centre in London, Ontario, which, as one of Canada’s first artist-run centres, has been publicly funded for almost fifty years, yet only can support a single paid staff member.  The delegated set of tasks comprising the artist’s project are for the Employee to apply for grants and obtain additional funding for the Forest City Gallery. These tasks at once the performance of an artwork and productive work benefiting the gallery. Schwebel successfully obtained project funding from the Canada Council for the Arts to hire the Employee as a delegated performer of the artwork. Any funds successfully earned by way of the project will be incorporated into the gallery’s operating budget, and potentially used to augment its future workforce. The work externalizes grant-writing and the administrative-economic tasks associated with the financial survival of the gallery, rendering this unseen work into a supplementary durational performance enacted peripheral to the exhibition space.  The artist gratefully acknowledges support from the Canada Council for the Arts, without which this work would not be possible.


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Kotryna Markevičiūtė <█████████████████> To: Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com>

Thank you for you email.
I no longer work at Rupert, please direct enquiries to info@rupert.lt.
Or you can contact me personally at: ██████████████████████

Ačiū už laišką. Nuo 2020 lapkričio mėn. nebedirbu Ruperte, todėl prašau laiškus siųsti į info@rupert.lt.
Jei norite susisiekti asmeniškai, rašykite čia: ██████████████████████.

Best regards / Linkėjimai,
Kotryna Markevičiūtė

Kuba Szreder <██████████████████████ > To: Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com>

Cool one, congrats! Hope you are fine!

Will try to be there, but in case I won't manage (suffer from severe screen exposure, due to teaching), just have fun! Will there be any text / catalogue accompanying this performance?

Wishing you all best of luck,

Kuba


W dniu 19.01.2021 o 13:41, Josh Schwebel pisze:



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Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com>

hi Kuba,
good to hear from you too. There will be a publication about the project next year.
I will let you know when it's launched.
stay well, and keep in touch,
Josh

Rob Crosse <████████████████████ > To: Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com> Cc: Josh Schwebel <josh@joshuaschwebel.com>

Super. Congrats. 

Hope you’re keeping well and warm.

x

Rob



Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com>

thanks Rob,
same to you. 
I'd also be happy to get together at some point to get a coffee and to keep in touch, it's a shame that it comes with so much risk, but I feel sorry that we didn't a chance to say goodbye / see you after the pandemic at the end of BPA.
But I hope you're well and that we can stay in contact.
x

Kuba Szreder <██████████████████████ > To: Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com>

Great, keep me posted! Good luck with that.

W dniu 19.01.2021 o 13:58, Josh Schwebel pisze:

Rob Crosse <████████████████████ > To: Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com>

Let’s keep in touch and see how things go. I hope the new BPA group is working out well, hard to meet people online for the first time. 
My friend Ernie is taking part this year.

x

Rob Crosse

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Adomas Narkevičius <██████████████████ > To: Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com> Cc: Josh Schwebel <josh@joshuaschwebel.com>

Congratulations Josh, sounds superb! Bookmarked it. 
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Mitch Mitchell <███████████████████████████> To: Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com>, Josh Schwebel <josh@joshuaschwebel.com>

Wurd!! This is awesome! Camille was a former student of mine

Hope you are well. Just to keep you up to date your honorariums have been processed. There was a massive backlog apparently. Please let me know when they arrive

Cheers and happy new year!
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Mitch Mitchell

Chair, Studio Arts

Associate Professor, Print Media

Concordia University

Montreal, QC, Canada

 

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From: Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com>
Date: Tuesday 19 January 2021 at 07:42
To: Josh Schwebel <josh@joshuaschwebel.com>
Subject: Invitation: The Employee

 

Attention This email originates from outside the concordia.ca domain. // Ce courriel provient de l'exterieur du domaine de concordia.ca

 

 

dear friends and colleagues,

I am writing to invite you to a live online performance of my year-long project, The Employee, performed by Camille Valcourt-Synnott, and hosted by Forest City gallery.

 

The performance will take place on Tuesday, January 26, from 10:30am - 1:30pm (EST/UTC-5).

 

Conceptual artist Joshua Schwebel has hired a grant-writer whose task is to write funding applications on behalf of the Forest City gallery. "The Employee", the project’s title, is both a one-year employment contract and an artwork contributing to the structural support of the Forest City Gallery, an artist-run centre in London, Ontario, which, as one of Canada’s first artist-run centres, has been publicly funded for almost fifty years, yet only can support a single paid staff member.  The delegated set of tasks comprising the artist’s project are for the Employee to apply for grants and obtain additional funding for the Forest City Gallery. These tasks at once the performance of an artwork and productive work benefiting the gallery. Schwebel successfully obtained project funding from the Canada Council for the Arts to hire the Employee as a delegated performer of the artwork. Any funds successfully earned by way of the project will be incorporated into the gallery’s operating budget, and potentially used to augment its future workforce. The work externalizes grant-writing and the administrative-economic tasks associated with the financial survival of the gallery, rendering this unseen work into a supplementary durational performance enacted peripheral to the exhibition space.  The artist gratefully acknowledges support from the Canada Council for the Arts, without which this work would not be possible.



 

Micah Lexier <█████████████████ > To: Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com>

What a great project, Josh.
Well done.
Micah 




Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com>

Thank you so much, Micah.
Warm greetings,
x

Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com> To: Mitch Mitchell <███████████████████████████>

Hey Mitch,
I actually met Camille when I was joining / auditing your class to make the pennies!
Also, thanks for the updates on the honorariums. I will let you know :)
As well, the Clark show is still on, so whenever you want to check in about your closet full of stuff, lemme know!
Hope you're doing alright.
x

Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com> To: Adomas Narkevičius <██████████████████ >

Thanks Adomas!
Sorry I’m such a recluse and didn’t followup about meeting. I am still into catching up though, whenever you have time.
Warmly,
Josh

Mitch Mitchell <███████████████████████████> To: Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com>

COOOOLL!!

Lets meet up for Friday afternoon (early) if you can. I have a few faculty meetings after in

 

 

Cheers

m

 

Mitch Mitchell

Chair, Studio Arts

Associate Professor, Print Media

Concordia University

Montreal, QC, Canada

 

www.mitchmitchellart.com

 

 

From: Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com>
Date: Tuesday 19 January 2021 at 10:48
To: Mitch Mitchell <mitch.mitchell@concordia.ca>
Subject: Re: Invitation: The Employee

 

Attention This email originates from outside the concordia.ca domain. // Ce courriel provient de l'exterieur du domaine de concordia.ca

 

 

Clive Robertson <███████████████> To: Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com>

Congrats Josh and thanks for the invite.

Clive


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Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com>

Thank you Clive. I hope you are keeping well.
I am also happy to speak at some point soon with you to keep you updated about the progress of the project, in the hopes that you might still be willing to write a text for the publication.
Best,
Josh

Eshan Rafi <████████████████████ > To: Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com>

congrats! I put it in my calendar!



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Jessie Bullivant <█████████████████████████ > To: Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com>

Hey congrats on this!! Can't believe that open call was a full year ago!

I love the window installation, too. Very elegant and sharp.

Hope you’re doing well!

Xx




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Nora Mayr <█████████████████ > To: Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com> Cc: Josh Schwebel <josh@joshuaschwebel.com>

Dear Josh, 

such a great project! 

Sending love from Vienna,
Nora
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Mag.a Nora Mayr 
Kuratorin und Kulturmanagerin

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Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com>

Thank you so much Nora <3

Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com> To: Applicant 2 <█████████████████████████████ >

Thank you ████, I am well, and hope you are too.
Warm greetings,
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Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com> To: Adomas Narkevičius <██████████████████ >

Thanks so very much, Adomas!
Warm greetings,
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Adomas Narkevičius <██████████████████ >

Hi Josh,

Sure thing, let's catch up next week if you'd have time, perhaps after the performance? 

Best wishes,
Adomas



Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com>

That would be great!

Veronique Leblanc <███████████████████████ > To: Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com>

Hi Josh,
It looks like I can't write in the chat since I don't have a youtube account... but I was wondering : What is the "wall text" saying exactly?
I appreciate working along with Camille, this morning, even if I don't know her yet : )
Best,
Véronique

Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com>

hi Véronique :)
the wall text says Camille's name and the dates of the project (Sept. 15, 2020 - Sept. 14, 2021)
I'm working alongside you both too.
x

Sung Tieu <███████████████████ > To: Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com> Cc: Josh Schwebel <josh@joshuaschwebel.com>

Hey, this looks so great! Actually so amazing, that your employee obtained additional funding! Would love to talk you more about this project! Best of luck with it!!

And meet soon?
Take care xxx

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Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com>

thanks so much, Sung!
yes, let me know when you'd like to meet. Sometime next week would be good for me.
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