Based on the piece ‘Genuine Government Issue’ I constitutionalized my feeling of governmental involvement in a performance called ‘Your Application is Pending’. With my 20 new Departments I had the freedom to make myself the head, and I did – I am the head of all of them. I have continued to work with my persona ”Head of Department, Anna Sörenson” and explore different aspects of role-play, power language and absurdity.

The first Department I present to you is the ’Department of Porridge’. A Department that brings up cultural heritage, economical, political and health aspects of food. In the performance / video ’Department of Porridge’, the viewer receives a public announcement that clarifies the official and authoritative nature of the video. The content of the video is a absurd feeding scene; where the borders of instructive video, power-play and dead-pan humor become blurred.

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Thanks to Paula Urbano, photo and Conrad Boyd, acting.