WASTED
“..the end of work will not necessarily mean the end of meaning, because
meaning is generated by imagining rather than by working." –from Yuval
Noah Harari: The Meaning of Life in a World without Work
WASTED was a durational collective performance that looks at labour as a
framework, an idea, a practice and a focus. The objective was to frame
all actions into a general notion of work, questioning its implications
and meanings from idiosyncratic, societal and material perspectives.
WASTED asks how work life would be if we were to view it through the
lense of sustainability and care.
WASTED works through
constructing a society within society and by creating its own ecosystem
through the actions within. This allows the working group to propose
peculiar and joyful ways of looking for meaning in being alive.
WASTED premiered in Publics on Friday 21 Sep 2018.
Working group: Roy Boswell, Laura Jantunen, Sonya Lindfors, Kristian Palmu, Anni Puolakka, Pauliina Sjöberg
Producer: Riikka Thitz
Supported by Alfred Kordelin Foundation, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, City of Helsinki
