Forms of Administration is a series of posters appropriating archival documents from a survey of the Palace of the Republic in the late 1990’s. Opening its doors in 1976, the Palace was an ultramodern public building in East Berlin that served both as a cultural and governmental centre. With German reunification in sight, the building was closed and its future remained uncertain. When it was decided to strip the Palace of its asbestos, the company Hübner+Oehmig made an inventory of the building, meticulously documenting all the objects and surfaces that would soon be removed. What resulted was a series of documents from what seemed like an archeological site of a past civilisation, even though the Palace was still in full use only seven years prior.

Forms of Administration was developed in the frame of a residency at the Martin Gropius Bau with the BPA // Berlin program for artists; curated by Boaz Levin and Anna-Lisa Scherfose. The work was supported by Villa Romana in Florence; the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz (KHI) and the Mondriaan Fund.