9-5 is an ongoing project about representation and labour. Some of the robots move totally  random, while others use network or statistical data for their choreography. All of them work for the minimum wage. They are also for hire.

9-5 is meant to raise our awareness of the way society influences every aspect of our lives–from the macro economic level experienced at work to the everyday objects we take for granted–all of which express a repressive and authoritarian culture. 9-5 deals with the desire to find a new definition for the value labour and the act of working. It takes a position towards the question what role labour plays in a time, when full employment becomes an unattainable utopian conception. With reference to the utopian ideas of the 50s and 60s of the 20th century which yearned for the liberation of humanity from any form of labour 9-5 plays with the possibility to fulfill this dream and takes over the role of the precarious subject.

Besides the economic impact 9-5 is also about the representation of immaterial labour. Since most of the virtual activities stay invisible there is a desire to have a physical representation.