Workshopping L. Gilbreth - A performance research experiment based on the Mother of Modern Management, Lillian M. Gilbreth - pioneer of the work triangle.
@ Charles Johnson House, American Legion Travis Post 76, Austin, TX
Feb 22-26, 2026
photography by Sabine Fletcher
This is an ongoing participatory performance series that reconfigures Lillian & Frank Gilbreth’s motion economy into a new system called “Therbligs Extended Management” utilizing pick and place micro-motions with micro-facial action exercises to train our Homo Consumens minds and bodies for a new age of anthropomorphic automation.
“The Post-Gilbreth Way Workshops” development supported by Forecast / Skills e.V.
1 of 3 Introspective Futurism nominees selected by Lucy McRae
©Forecast 2026, Photo: Camille Blake
Forecast Festival Edition 11
https://forecast-platform.com/mentor/lucy-mcrae/
July 16th - 19th, 2026 @ Radialsystem, Berlin
This 20 minute performance at Radialsystem continues an ongoing body of performance, text, and object-based research into the evolution of labor kinesthesia. The work pulls us back to the origins of industrial and domestic motion efficiency studies developed by Lillian and Frank Gilbreth, categorizing fatigue as 'humanity’s greatest unnecessary waste.'"
Therblig Butter Churning Workshop
Iterations produced by SCHOOL
@ Crashbox, Austin, TX Aug 27th, 2026
projection design by Second Site
photography by Lichen Bouboushian