Jimmie Durham, donning formal attire, assumes the persona of a bureaucrat and dutifully performs his task of smashing objects in a methodical manner. A person enters the scene, submits an object, which Durham then smashes using a stone with forceful yet unemotional blows. Durham maintained a sense of methodical calm throughout the destruction. Subsequently, he endorses and issues a receipt to the same individual, who then exits the scene. This sequence of events is repeated numerous times over a duration of 92 minutes. The execution of this violent act was carried out with the detached precision typically associated with bureaucratic institutions. This video performance formed a part of Durham's educational residency at the esteemed Fondazione Antonio Ratti in Como, Italy, in 2004. Cc/ Galerie Michel Rein Paris, Jimmie Durham CATASTROPHE - 2023 Consciousness as cultural rebellion #art #arte #contemporaryart #artecontemporanea #jimmiedurham #performance #performanceart #fyp #perte #ricercavisiva #archiviovisivo