The lecture-performance explores the intertwined paradoxes of the power of secrecy and the secrecy of power. Through speech acts, movement, animation, silence, and sound, the artist circles around an invisible void, tracing connections between Dutch water infrastructure, the rise of modern cities, the transition from feudalism to capitalism, and the theological foundations of imperial power.
Max Lester is an artist, writer, rogue scholar, retired punk, and actor-for-hire. Max was born in Tkaronto and currently lives in Rotterdam. He spends much of his time walking, often in circles, through the cities he dwells in. This is where he conducts his observational and very subjective research and collects material for sculptures and images. Max is curious about the mysteries of power and the power of mystery. He believes that if he looks closely at the surfaces of things and tends to the waste and commodities of the world, he might come to understand how ideologies of this racist-colonial-capitalist system we live in, are encoded, sublimated, and maintained. Max received an MFA at the Piet Zwart institute and a BFA in Integrated Media at OCAD University He has held solo exhibitions at InterAccess and Bunker 2 and has also exhibited at TENT, A Tale of Tub, United Contemporary, and Eastern Bloc.
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