Unguilty PleasuresTHE GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ARTS 2021
My master’s thesis looks at the idea of wellbeing appropriated by the contemporary mainstream managerial discourse, where employees’ happiness is perceived as something to be quantified, managed, and used as a productivity-enhancement strategy.






AboutIn opposition to the dogmatic aesthetic representations of happiness related to a neoliberal moral fantasy imposed by those in the position of power, I propose taking a step back to anticipate and celebrate the spontaneous, unmanageable sources of joy and satisfaction resulting from autonomy

The project documents minor everyday activities, techniques and coping strategies that go against the managerial regime – micro-disobediences that give one a sense of autonomy. Some examples may include: binge-watching Netflix during work time, taking unnecessarily long breaks, choosing different routes than the algorithm decides, being rude to customers etc. And through these ‘coming-outs’ create a space free of slack-shaming and overstepping guilt.

The digital archive is accompanied by an essay titled Thanks God It’s Monday: How Management Weaponised the Idea of Happiness at Work







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