katyaev
(ekaterina vasilyeva)

To disseminate the invitation for the live performance Ne rien faire contre rémunération—presented at New Space in Liège, a former garage in a working-class neighbourhood—the artist developed a display campaign across the streets of Liège. This urban intervention was designed to reach audiences outside the art world and invite them to “do nothing” — for payement. The campaign consisted of posters, stickers, and small black-and-white announcement prints, including a design that directly reused the graphic layout of the standard Belgian orange-and-black “For Rent” posters. By mimicking these everyday formats, the project brought an ambiguous proposal into public space and was distributed across a wide range of urban locations.

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Phone calls marked the true starting point of the performance. They were made in response to the posters—often by people uncertain whether the project was a job offer, a scam, or a form of reality TV. Without disclosing the full nature of the work, the person answering provided limited but precise information on the contractual frame: the absence of any recording without consent, an open duration, and the pay rate.

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