Developments... Is there such a thing as leisure?

In my diary, I began to question whether my leisure time was really mine. More and more through this project we have seen that this is not necessarily the case. The 'Wages for Facebook' intervention was perfect in highlighting that the time in which we believe to be ours, is in fact a mechanism of work and labour for others. This was represented by Nads and Cam providing people with wage slips for their leisure time.

The interventions also highlighted that the leisure time 'created' was also intrinsic with labour demands. Therefore is all leisure a product of work? By reading every ones diaries it is clear to see that when in fact we do have leisure time it feels like we have earned that time. We have earned the right to relax and enjoy ourselves. Should payslips therefore not only have a the amount of money we have earned that week but a an amount of hours that we have earned to enjoy ourselves?

So not only do we have to earn the right to enjoy our leisure, others have to be working for our leisure to be achieved also. Even when we are free from work ourselves, others are working to ensure that our leisure time is in fact realised. when we are on social media, others are working as a result of our use. When we go to the pub (for a well deserved drink) others are working behind a bar; checking our phones, watching TV, reading a book.... all are a result of someone else's time and labour. Everything that we actually do in our leisure time, even if we do not feel the conditions of work personally, is still only achieved from the labours of others. I want to see if we can create an autonomous space that is completely free from these demands and still enjoy our leisure time.

Also, I really like how Nads and Cam managed to represent that our leisure time is linked to work with the use of the payslip. I think by incorporating the traditions of labour into our leisure time really allows to actually visualise the effects that labour has on that time. I think we should develop this into our final intervention some how. By using this, we will be able to highlight whether or not we can actually enjoy autonomous leisure time.