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11 hour performance at Perspectives Berlin, 2020.

 

This work examines labor as an exploitation of self and one's limits. The process was monotonous, seemingly infinite, and sometimes unenjoyable, although simultaneously output-bearing and therefore valuably productive. The process is automatic, mind-numbing, and voids the potential for creative problem-solving. The self is subjected to a task that voids its inherent creativity or pleasure in pursuit of productivity.