Treating the creation process as an act of meditation and reflection, Imarni Boyer-Nugent questions the passage of time and the value of labour through sculpture, textile, and performance. In line with Walter De Maria’s 'Meaningless Work' (1960) and Northcote Parkinson’s 'Parkinson’s Law' (1955), the works are created through time-consuming and repetitive processes, such as hand-embroidery and ceramics, forcing a physical burden on the body to ensure that every second is felt. Blurring the line between sacrifice and punishment, the cycle of work has no end in sight, yet the time must be filled. Moving image and performance provide an ephemeral element to the work, using the body and repetitive actions as an example of cyclic labour, meditative practice, and a means of measuring the passage of time. The pieces are often created to be destroyed and remade, existing only as a never-ending task to pass the time, serving as a reminder that nothing is permanent.
Imarni Boyer-Nugent is a Nottingham-based interdisciplinary artist born in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire. Alongside her main practice, she is the founder and editor of Femicide Zine, a submission-based publication, rooted in 90s Riot Grrrl culture, intersectional feminism and independent art. Femicide Zine has been featured at various zine fairs, most notably Rough Trade, Bonington Gallery and 180 The Strand. It is also held by multiple Zine libraries internationally, including the Grrrl Zine Library, The Old Waterworks, Southend-On-Sea and Reed College Library, Portland USA. She has worked with various arts organisations and collectives, including Nottingham Contemporary, Foxall Studio, and Flower Shop Collective, Newcastle.