I want to apologize to you if you are offended by being brought into this situation. I hope the accompanying image will give you a more vivid sense of the lively spirit, intellectual passion, and significant progress of the Institute. A glimpse of the sweet and simple!
Michael Winnerholt
The Institute wants to control every aspect of our lives; Architecture plays a key role in this. There is no place for mysticism - The Institute is promoting cool-headed realism.
Jan Bernhardtz
The Institute doesn’t own any factories, instead it works with independent suppliers who manufacture the products. Customers must feel confident that the products are made with the utmost consideration for people and the environment.
"You should not tell anyone what you really think. Always "wear" a smile on your face. People will misunderstand you if you show creativity, if you show empathy, if you show your tears, if you show to have an attitude...so just smile, because nothing matters except pretending that everything is all right"
Ksenija Spanec
There is no time there, only the now. There is no space there, only the here. Take your time and don't rush. It is almost impossible to forget where you are.
Pause.
Michael Winnerholt
"You can talk about the latest,/The latest of your home,
These boll weevils,/They will rob you of a home,
They're a-looking for a home,/They're a-looking for a home.
One time I seen a boll weevil,/He was sitting on a square,
Next time I seen the boll weevil,/He had his whole family there,
He was looking for a home,/He was looking for a home."
Traditional/lyrics Leadbelly
Jan Bernhardtz
"But for the magic to happen, you have to close your eyes when you do it" - said the frog to the princess. Roughly around 100% of women at some point in their lives have been lied to.
Kristian Simic
An investigation shows that the last thing people touch before they go to sleep, and the first thing they touch when they wake up - is a smartphone. The Institute is very pleased with the development of technology.
Jan Bernhardtz
"History has proven that the best way to control minds is by provoking fear. The propaganda of the Institute is most successful in this area. Their methods are sophisticated and we are not even aware of the manipulation. Even the doubts if we are manipulated or not, became the part of their manipulation. There's no difference between monkeys threatened with showers, afraid to take their bananas and us."
Ksenija Spanec
The Institute tells us they take our well being very seriously. Look at the flowers and be happy they say. Stay inside the compound they say, it's not safe outside. The lights flicker at night, birds they say...
Rickard Falk
Accuse and Amuse
Diffuse and Excuse
Confuse and Unconfuse
Refuse and Bemuse
Arouse and Contuse
Enthuse and Overuse
Debilitate Decapitate Declaw Defame Defeat Defect Deject Delete Demolish Deny Despise And Destabilize.
“Self-portrait # 319 – photographers by nature and function travel incognito. We rarely expose ourselves to public view for good reason. Someone will ask the questions we have no answers for.”
Richard Bennett
The Institute tells me that there is no beauty to be found. There is only Entertainment and Funny Clips. But even in the frozen zones...even a dead mouse, leaves...even there...
Jan Bernhardtz
The Sleep Laboratory is highly efficient in finding out about my dreams. The Institute wants a 24 hours surveillance. But there is a problem...they still do not know what my dreams are about. They only manage to register their intensity and duration.
Memories...Just like Sandemose, I saw the island more than forty years ago like a mirage. Unlike him I stepped ashore. The Institute tells me that memories and history is useless. There is nothing to learn from it.
"Wouldn't be nice if you could erase your past just like the wipers sweep the windshield?"
He switched the wipers on. Nothing happened.
Kristian Simic
