The BOOreaucrats

Sunshine Coast National Art Prize 2025 - Finalist

_{Image courtesy of the artists. Videography by Darren James.} 

Artist Statement

The BOOreaucrats are two middle-aged administrators locked in a loop of signing, stamping, and shuffling documents. 

Performing these rituals while literally stepping on each other’s toes, they explore the awkward dance of shared authority and institutional routine. What does it mean to cooperate when every gesture creates friction? 

Through humour, repetition, and low-stakes ceremony, Signs of Agreement reflects on the habits of bureaucracy, the theatre of collaboration, and the paper-thin layers of meaning we assign to official acts. The BOOreaucrats balance the ridiculous and the sincere in an ongoing search for something resembling agreement.