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12:30 PM
Labour Power Plant
Film talk|Film Talk with Romana Schmalisch and Robert Schlicht
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Online Online
- Language French and English with translation.
- Price Free.
The talk will be moderated by Marie-Christine Albert, lecturer at HEC Montreal in the organizational behavior team.
Language: French and English with translation.
Free of charge, registration requested:
The talk is presented in collaboration with the Musée d'art de Joliette and the exhibition "Smile! Emotions at Work," which will be presented there from October 2, 2021 to January 9, 2022.
About the artists:
Romana Schmalisch (1974, Berlin) is an artist and filmmaker. Robert Schlicht (1975, Berlin) studied philosophy at Humboldt University Berlin and is an author and filmmaker. They have been collaborating in numerous projects at the interface of film, theory, and art. Labour Power Plant is their first feature film.
As part of the exhibition Smile! Emotions at Work, German artists Romana Schmalisch and Robert Schlicht present a video installation entitled Top/Down and their feature film Labour Power Plant. In these two films, the artists create a fictional training institute where people are trained to become perfect workers.
About the moderator:
Marie-Christine Albert is a lecturer in organizational behaviour at HEC Montréal. She also coordinates teaching teams and participates in various strategic projects for the school. In 2016, she was awarded the HEC Montréal Excellence in Pedagogy prize. In her practice as a specialist in talent development and learning, she has been coaching teams and individuals of various profiles and issues for the past 7 years (e.g. leadership development, career management, recognizing and managing anxiety, etc.). She has also developed and administered co-development and training activities for organizations in the construction, retail, public services, law and education sectors.
Film screenings of Labour Power Plant in Montreal and Joliette:
- Nov 18, 2021 at 7 PM at Musée d'art de Joliette | For more info.
- Nov 20, 2021 at 2 PM at Musée d'art de Joliette | For more info.
- Nov 23, 2021 at 6:30 PM at Cinéma du Parc | For more info.
Smile! Emotions at work
Curators: Anne-Marie St-Jean Aubre and Maud Jacquin
Exhibition: From October 2, 2021 to January 9, 2022
This group exhibition of artists* from Québec, Canada and abroad addresses the role and nature of emotions in the workplace and more generally in our capitalist technological culture. The project is divided into two parts, one dedicated to the emotions evoked by contemporary changes in the workplace, and the other to the emotions that are literally infused into work. These two major sections of the exhibition are structured around the following questions: What impact do changes in the marketplace and working conditions have on workers' bodies, gestures, emotions, and behaviors? How are emotions processed and commodified in a service economy where workers' ability to manage their emotions (what we call emotional labor) plays an important role and where technology is used to turn what we feel into usable capital?
More info about the exhibition here.