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Franz Kafka’s Ritualistic Procrastination

Franz Kafka’s Ritualistic Procrastination

Hotel Hotel Projects, Film

Franz Kafka’s days were filled with ritualistic procrastination that included a four-hour nap, a long walk and 10 minutes of vigorous exercise at the same time each day.

Daily Rituals

Anthropologically speaking, rituals connect us to a culture, a sub-culture, maybe even a cult. We have always been curious observers of the repetitive and sometimes strange routines people practise in private. This fascination with human behaviour is the catalyst for a creative project and ongoing study of all the weird and wonderful rituals people do every day. For the project we have created a series of short films directed by U-P and Alyssa McClelland that re-enact the bizarre rituals of others inside the rooms of Hotel Hotel. We’ve also written articles, catalogued everyday rituals across cultures, studied tools and implements connected to rituals and have invited photographers to document their own rituals.

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