Hardwork is a performance that originated from an invitation to participate in a residency by the 35h association, which focuses on the issues surrounding work. For one week, the preliminary phase of the performance involved occupying an empty space, setting it up, and organizing it to improve future productivity. In a sense, it was about working in order to work better later on. During the exhibition, the space thus created became the site of a performance: breaks, computer updates, small talk, and acts of avoidance were carried out without any productive goal. By embodying these rituals, Hardwork makes the performative nature of work visible and questions our relationship to it.