LISA MARIE SCHMITT

Bouquets, enlarged and anonymized Jobcenter documents, digital print on poster, folded, plastic tubes, dimensions variable, 2021-ongoing

The droopy, cartoon-like bouquet of paper flowers folded from enlarged Jobcenter documents comments with an ironic undertone on the relationship of many artists to the Jobcenter, an institution that can provide short-term support for precarious cultural workers in times of crisis, but at the same time convey a feeling of failure. Started with Bouquet l during the pandemic, Bouquet II sets a mark for another incipient crisis in times of radical cuts to Berlin's cultural budget by the current government.