A pedagogic and performative lecture about bureaucracy, creativity, and resistance. With the office as a starting point, the event explores the modern human tendency — or even addiction — to systematise everything around them. I will present examples from the long-term project The Twilight Bureaucracy — a collection of events, objects, and interventions that delve into the hidden layers of administration and the alternative realities of office life.
The session will introduce various ritualistic methods — small-scale, practical techniques that can be used in the workplace to combat feelings of powerlessness and frustration.
The event includes a short practical exercise. Each participant is asked to bring one printed, text-based document from their current workplace. Extra standardised papers will be provided for those who come empty-handed.
The event is part of the exhibition “The Bureaucrat Who Secretly Reads Poems” curated by Roberta Atraste as part of the Riga Photography Biennial—NEXT 2025
When: Thursday 29 May at 18.00
Where: Experimental Art Space “Pilot” of the Art Academy of Latvia, Vāgnera Street 3, Rīga.
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