Open AccessInventing Uselessness: on Japanese influventors’ revolt against work
Author(s) -
Evelyn Char
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
hyperrhiz
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1555-9351
DOI - 10.20415/hyp/022.e01
Subject(s) - productivity , work (physics) , sociology , engineering , economics , mechanical engineering , economic growth
In parading their failures and inventing new ways to waste time, the useless creations of ARuFa and Marina Fujiwara operate against the pressure on positivity and productivity in achievement societies, keeping alive the revolt against work.