Dig Shovel Dig, 2013

Dig Shovel Dig, Video, 15min 2 sec, 2013

Exhibition view, Galerie Oscar Weiss, Zürich, 2013 / Video: Dig shovel Dig Aldeburgh 2013

“The activity of digging has formed a core part of JocJonJosch’s work. In a repetitive process soil is dug from the ground to make a hole, which also means that soil is inevitably piled up. This raises the question of what to do with the displaced earth and where to put it.” - Jo Melvin - read more

Exhibition view, Bosse and Baum, Print of Dig Shovel Dig

“Sometimes JocJonJosch fill their own holes. In the performance and video work ‘Dig Shovel Dig’, each of the three artists digs a small O into the earth, only to throw the excavated earth back into the othersʼ hole. The analogy would be a circular penetration – which can be found in porn, too. At this point I could also point out the uselessness of such an activity, the mutual nullification of the accomplished work. The O is penetrated the same way in porn, and an outcome – disease, pregnancy, trauma, shame – is highly undesirable and suppressed under loud moans.” - Daniel Morgenthaler - read more