HOW
to deconstruct the idea of ‘doing nothing’ as losing time, as well as productivity as valuable?
WHAT IF
in a world where economic constraint dispossesses workers of a large part of their time, one would recognise free time as a class privilege?
IN WHICH WAY
could we overcome the social stigma associated with ‘doing nothing’ as a marginal pastime or procrastination?
…and instead see it as practicing inaction, refraining from accelerated productivity and as voluntary dissidence?
IS
money the ultimate measurement of symbolic value?
MAY
‘doing nothing’ be compared to a ‘bullshit job’, or trigger a ‘bore-out’?
CAN
‘doing nothing’ partake in everyday capitalism?
SHOULD
‘doing nothing’ and ‘nothingness’ have an objective, administrative existence recognised by the state?
HOW
to practice ‘doing nothing’ in the sense of ‘being’ and through the prism of a spiritual exercise: as a possibility to create a void, to experience inaction and be present to oneself?
WHAT IF
activating an inner space in deep connection to the self, while sitting quietly and ‘doing nothing’ would have a generative, emancipatory potential?
IN WHICH WAY
can ‘doing nothing’ be enacted concretely? …seen that strictu sensu, one cannot do nothing: our bodies require at least minimal activity, our heads at least minimal thought forming, our senses at least minimal perceptions captured?
WHY
to explore a paradoxical task defined by negation?
texts co-drafted with Jesse van Winden and Mélanie Weill for the performance Visitors of an Exhibition Space are Suggested to ‘Do Nothing‘ (2021)