"Monotony in Monochrome" | Once

"Monotony in Monochrome" presents a tableau of modern corporate life that is stimulating to think, captured with a palette dominated by silver tones. The scene takes place in the sterile, almost futuristic spaces of an office in which workers, dressed in the inconspicuous unity of the company clothing, devoted themselves to the sisyphean task, to count individual peas, the only color industrious in their chrome environment.

The bright green of the peas is in a strong contrast to the metallic environment and symbolizes the living individuality, which is often suppressed in the company machinery. Each pea is unique and still cannot be distinguished for the tired worker. It serves as a metaphor for personal dreams and longings that are put into favor of productivity and uniformity in everyday life.