A depiction of procedural performance and the illusion of governance through routine.
The image presents authority as ritualized motion, where gestures repeat and deliberation substitutes for consequence. Continuity is performed as virtue, exposing how power maintains itself by extending process while deferring responsibility.
Historical Note
This illustration was published in 1916 and drawn by Charles Léandre. Titled La séance continue (“The session continues”), it indicts the theater of official deliberation, portraying meetings and debate as self-perpetuating rituals detached from action.
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A depiction of procedural performance and the illusion of governance through routine.
The image presents authority as ritualized motion, where gestures repeat and deliberation substitutes for consequence. Continuity is performed as virtue, exposing how power maintains itself by extending process while deferring responsibility.
Historical Note
This illustration was published in 1916 and drawn by Charles Léandre. Titled La séance continue (“The session continues”), it indicts the theater of official deliberation, portraying meetings and debate as self-perpetuating rituals detached from action.
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