Leisure, work and simulation in the factories of Mataró

Abstract

This article exposes and critically reflects on the artistic research project Ocio en la Fábria (Leisure in the factory), which revolves around the relationship between leisure and work based on three leisure spaces in the Pla d’en Boet industrial estate in Mataró —a bar, a gym and a local trampolines— in which three actresses are hired to carry out the usual activities in them. Paying actresses to carry out these leisure activities becomes a symbolic act of interweaving leisure and work within industrial spaces previously converted into leisure spaces. This paper complements the videographic and documentary results of the work process with a detailed explanation of its process, the decision-making and the conceptual reflections that made it possible.