Transcript of Telephone conversation
"Hello,.... You're fired.
You're fired.
Yes, speaking,.... You're fired.
I don't care,.... You're fired.
I'm sorry but you're fired.
Mm hm, yes, well, you're fired.
I see. Well, you're fired.
Yes, you're fired. No, you're fired. Okay,.... Bye!
Hello. No, no, you're fired.
Hello, yes? You're fired.
Hello. You're fired.
You're fired.
You are fired.
I'm sorry, we no longer require your services. You're fired.
Consider yourself fired.
Goodbye, you're fired.
No, no, you're fired. Goodbye.
This is he speaking. You're fired.
I don't care. No, I just don't care. You're fired. Goodbye.
Hello, yes, no. You're fired. Goodbye.
You're fired."
Telephone conversation, 1995
4 minutes 32 seconds, SVHS
Performance to video camera. Shown as single channel video on CRT monitor with speakers, on a plinth, or projected.
First shown in the exhibition, New Contemporaries at Tate Liverpool, 1996. Subsequently shown in numerous other exhibitions.
This work exists as an edition of 5 (+AP) and is represented in the public collection of the Arts Council of England.