UPCOMING EXHIBITION: >> FRUIT EFFICIENCY <<



AUGUST 26 - SEPTEMBER 23

Fruit Efficiency is the first Office for Joint Administrative Intelligence exhibition in North America. An OJAI information and research bureau will function a fusion center for the organisation's site-specific reconnaissance and psycho cartography. A selection of our postal correspondence- curated around the themes of architecture, finance and terrorism will be on display. The organisation's _second annual report_ will be published and made available for public scrutiny. A bureaucratic performance will take place at the inauguration of the exhibition and will involve administration as seduction, transport infrastructure as music and softly spoken words for management.

The opening is on 26.08.2017 at RO2 Art 1501 South Ervay Street, Dallas, TX 75215








The Office for Joint Administrative Intelligence (OJAI) was inaugurated in 2015 by Chris Dreier and Gary Farrelly and is headquartered in Berlin and Brussels. OJAI has the stated objective of exploring bureaucracy, administration and self-institutionalization as forms of cultural production. Original research is conducted in a variety of fields including: economic modelling, architecture, industrial heritage and self-measurement. The research is manifested in the form of correspondence, photography, surveys, field trips, documents and publications. OJAI sound performances inspired by industry and governance processes are administered under the name Dexia Defunct.

The first exhibition and publication of OJAI material has been presented to the public at GRÖLLE pass:projects in Wuppertal.

The second exhibition _fruit solutions_ opened on February 10th 2017 at in Berlin. Galerie Laura Mars in Berlin.

The next exhibition, performance and publication of OJAI material is scheduled to take place on August 26th at RO2 Art in Dallas.

BIOGRAPHIES



Gary Farrelly, Director for Administrative Heritage and Self-Inventory, OJAI SUD
(born 1983) is an Irish artist based in Brussels.

His practice includes drawing, collage, mail art and performance.
The work ranges in subject matter from architecture and
administration to personal inventory and cartography. Autonomy
and agency are recurring themes.

Farrelly studied fine art at the National College of Art and Design
(NCAD) in Dublin, graduating in 2006. After graduation he lived and
worked for extended periods in Paris and Dallas where he was artist in
residence at Galerie W and The University of Texas, respectively.
Exhibition highlights include Museum of Contemporary Textile Art
(Tournai), Museum of Contemporary Art (Banja Luka), Parking Projects
(Tehran), Central Trak (Dallas), Crawford Municipal Art Gallery (Cork),
Royal Institute of Architects (Dublin) and CBGB 313. Collaborative
initiatives include a feature length film project with fellow Irish
artist Oisin Byrne. He is currently pursuing post-graduate studies at
the LUCA School of Arts in Brussels.

Chris Dreier, Director for Finance and Systemic Risk, OJAI NORD
(born 1961) comes from Wuppertal, Germany and has been
based in Berlin for the last three decades.

Her pinhole photographic work revolves around subjects of change, decay
and war. The work often encompasses images of endangered architectural
structures and neglected post-war modernity. In recent years she has been
researching the global financial system with a focus on the crisis of 2008.
The research manifests in photography, installation, tapestry and painting.
Her fascination with architecture and economics is also consistently
evident in her video work and noise music practice.

Chris Dreier is a graduate of Visual Communications from Berlin's
University of Art (UDK). In the nineteen eighties she was a member of
experimental music group Die Tödliche Doris. She continues to produce
experimental music with band projects Burqamachines, Spade Love and
Dexia Defunct. Her visual artwork has been exhibited widely in Germany
and beyond including institutional shows at The Museum of Contemporary Art
(Wroclaw, Poland), New Mexico History Museum (Santa Fe) and Centre d'art
Contemporaine (Brest, France). The work is represented in Berlin by Galerie
Laura Mars and in Wuppertal by Galerie Grölle.

OFFICIAL PROTOCOL OF 2ND OJAI SUMMIT - BRUXELLES 2016

Hosted by the Administrative Heritage and Self-Inventory Desk of the Office For Joint Administrative Intelligence

26/2 FRIDAY

14.32 hrs Pick up German delegation at Gare de Midi and escort to hotel on Rue Royale.
15.00 hrs Shopping for provisions and brief architectural survey.
15.45 hrs Coffee and briefing at Bureau 304.
16.00 hrs Production line exercises and policy discussions.
20.00 hrs Traditional meat soup with the neighbours and special negotiations with
Claire Williams.

27/2 SATURDAY

08.00 hrs Coffee and briefing at Bureau 304.
09.00 hrs Photographic excursion to former AXA building.
11.30 hrs Brunch on the 25th front-facing floor of Brussels World Trade center, Tower 1.
14.00 hrs Photographic expedition to ANTWERP PREMETRO System and Antwerp diamond exchange.
17.00 hrs Early dinner at at multistorey carpark restaurant.v 18.00 hrs Nap.
19.00 hrs Production line exercises and policy discussions.

28/2 SUNDAY

08.00 hrs Coffee and briefing at Bureau 304
08.30 hrs Policy discussions and record making incl. note taking.
11.00 hrs Dexia Defunct Band practise for concert in March.
13.00 hrs Light lunch.
14.00 hrs Continuation of Dexia Defunct band practise.
17.00 hrs Official summit photo opportunity at the Forbidden Zone.
19.15 hrs Collective meal experience at 123 Rue Royale.
20.30 hrs Night walk to Molenbeek and Brussels center.

29/2 MONDAY

08.00 hrs Briefing at Bureau 304.
08.30 hrs Preparation for joint statement.
13.00 hrs Summit closes.
14.00 hrs German delgation departs on a highspeed train out of Gare de Midi to Berlin.

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