The video by the Artyčok.tv editorial team sets a satirical critical mirror to its own work, not only that of the author. In a humorous way, it reveals the background and context of its established practices or strategies and, using contemporary and archival programmes from its production, it compiles a frantic account of the efforts, needs, problems and hardships of functioning in the cultural sphere, where everyone tries to do their job to the best of their ability under consistently difficult conditions.
Behind almost every work of art there is a series of necessary and quite often boring activities, without which creation cannot be done. Someone has to do this work too and be rewarded for it. The myth of genius beings from the art world, who freely and undisturbed create a better image of the universe, cumbersomely and persistently intrudes on the insistent but real world, full of excel spreadsheets, pending emails, monitoring and annual reports. The detoxification of society, driven from below, is peeling off the bottom hard, but still.
