All I Can See is the Management
Gasworks
155 Vauxhall Street
London SE11 5RH
The exhibition brings together historical and contemporary artworks that consider how late capitalist approaches to working life play out at work, in education and at home. It focuses upon the changing roles of the worker, the manager and the entrepreneur, and how these condition our understanding of other social relationships, such as those between students and teachers or among family members. It also addresses the ways in which companies have sought to enlist and manage the private aspirations and emotions of their employees. These personal capacities are increasingly considered essential to professional performance and the production of economic value, further blurring the boundaries between work and life.
All I Can See is the Management marks the first stage of ongoing research. A programme of talks, screenings, workshops and contributions to Pipeline provides a further public resource for the issues raised in the exhibition.
EVENTS
WORKSHOP
Rapport
Saturday 12 November, 2–4pm
Neuro-lingusitic programming (NLP) consultant Lee Robinson leads a participatory workshop at Gasworks, teaching us how to achieve rapport with our colleagues and acquaintances. Booking is essential as places are limited: booking@gasworks.org.uk
OFFSITE SCREENING
Joaquim Jordà, Numax Presenta… (1980, 105 min)
Thursday 1 December, 6–9 pm
At Birkbeck Cinema, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD
Financed with the contingency fund of the workers’ assembly at the Numax factory, this historical documentary is a bittersweet account of the partial successes and ultimate failure of the struggle for self-organisation of a group of workers in late 1970s Spain.
The screening will be introduced by Mari Paz Balibrea (Birkbeck), followed by a talk by Carles Guerra (Chief Curator, MACBA) and a round table discussion chaired by Issac Marrero (Birkbeck).
This event is presented in collaboration with Birkbeck Centre for Iberian and Latin American Visual Studies (CILAVS) and Spanish Cultural Action, AC/E.
Curated by Antonia Blocker, Robert Leckie and Helena Vilalta
All I Can See is the Management has been made possible with the generous support of the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Please check www.gasworks.org.uk for further information.
*Image above:
Courtesy Darcy Lange Estate and Govett-Brewster Art Gallery.
