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Mark Schroder: Fortune Teller (No. 2) (Branch Office), installation shot. Photo: Mark Tantrum
Mark Schroder, Fortune Teller (No.2) (Branch Office), 2012. Photo: Mark Tantrum
Office hours are open at ‘The Bureau of Happiness’, a fictional office plastered with absurd inspirational posters, copious memos about employee well-being, and handmade ceramics that speak to the workaday grind. Inspired by his day job as a “corporate lawyer drone”, Mark Schroder’s colourful corporate installation takes aim at the aspirational cliches companies use to motivate their workers.
Toured by the Gus Fisher Gallery, University of Auckland.