Glen Ogden GBA

Glen Ogden’s work explores the cyclical and labor-intensive essence of human effort, using sculpture and performance to critique societal constructs surrounding work, value, and identity. Drawing from personal experiences and industrial motifs, his practice reframes mundane labor as symbolic and monumental, highlighting its transformative yet often futile rhythms.

Through meticulously crafted works - ranging from durational performances to large-scale mechanical sculptures - he juxtaposes endurance and humour to interrogate hyper-consumption, power dynamics, and the commodification of time. Ogden employs tools, rhythmic actions, and industrial aesthetics to blur the boundaries between creation and deconstruction, inviting audiences to consider the overlooked physical and psychological costs of labor in a work-oriented society.

Operating from Assembly House in Leeds, he creates immersive experiences that center on the resilience and endurance inherent in labor, challenging perceptions of progress and futility while honouring the human stories interwoven with our collective rhythms of toil and rest.