Alex Zika - Protest Rota  

 

With two context sensitive interventions Placebo (Fast Relief) and Protest Rota, Alex Zika will exemplify how public art institutions like the ICA retain and facilitate a self critical attitude and also establish a caring and responsible yet challenging relationship with the public. 

Protest Rota

Protest Rota is a voluntary daily 15 min protest for all employees of the ICA. Each person working in and for the ICA is encouraged and entitled to publicly express for fifteen minutes of their paid working time in what manner and way they decide, any personal concerns, discontents or criticism to those within the institution. This action is a democratic exercise, testing the flexibility of the institution for facilitating an internal dialogue, amplifying its political and social dynamics and highlighting the many personal concerns sheltered by it as well as examining the willingness to individually partake in a critical exchange.