Jeffrey Daniel Bezaire
It’s Like Advancing and Retreating
January 9–February 6, 2004

Two-person exhibition with Barrie Jones, presented in conjunction with the 2004 Windsor Labour Arts Festival.

Jeffrey Daniel Bezaire assembles comical, malfunctioning interactive mechanisms that examine the historical construction of the worker-as-machine. Human surrogates such as briefcases and hard hats are propelled by motors into inept, spasmodic motions, satirizing the “well-oiled machine” of capital’s ideal workplace.

Curated and organized by Artcite, the Bezaire/Jones exhibition represents the third successive year in which Artcite participated in Windsor’s annual Labour Arts Festival.