We regret to inform you

We Regret to Inform You  embodies various emotional, and bodily states related to the daily hustle. Against the backdrop of South Africa's increasing unemployment rate, which according to different sources reaches between 40 and 60% of the population. In this project i explore the stages of our personal vulnerability as individuals living without work, looking for work,getting work, fighting to keep work, and losing the position that was supposed to give us stability. Interested in how all these processes can be read as constant social performances. I make it visible the degrees to which we are repeatedly performing our own lives in the face of disorienting bureaucracies. By hiding our true emotions and wearing masks according to the situation we want to appear suitable for, we end up losing a part of our true selves. Although I am convinced that notifications 'regretting to inform us will keep coming, the focus is on the agency we have in terms of how we position ourselves once confronted with these news.