Creative Management (2024)

public performance and video

commissioned by Mural Arts

A live public performance in Philadelphia’s Love Park using the choreographic mechanism of six interconnected rolling office chairs. The performance explores the incorporation of team building exercises, problem-solving, and improvisation into neoliberal managerial office culture.

Director: Maia Chao
Cinematography: Ty Burdenski
Performers: Emily Bate, Julian Chehirian, Beth Formica, Khalil LeSaldo, Leslie Miller, Alyse James
Video editing: Ian Faria, Maia Chao
Fabrication: Kirby McKenzie, NextFab
Funding: Mural Arts, The People's Budget organized by Phoebe Bachman