2025
5 STEPS FOR BETTER LIVING, MAXIMUM GAINS AND MANIFESTING YOUR MOST OPTIMISED SELF!!
The second AFF/Samstag Expand Moving Image Commission is a collaborative moving image installation by Nisa East (NSW), Anna Lindner (SA) and Yasemin Sabuncu (SA).
Runtime
30 Minutes
Country
Australia
*Please note, this is not a ticketed event – no booking is required
5 STEPS FOR BETTER LIVING, MAXIMUM GAINS AND MANIFESTING YOUR MOST OPTIMISED SELF!!
Nisa East, Anna Lindner and Yasemin Sabuncu
A satirical, critical reflection on the trends of commodified, masculine ‘wellness’ in times of existential crisis. The multi-channel installation draws on experimental performance, surrealism and dark humour to examine the way wellness subcultures can be co-opted to sell individualistic visions of liberty and success. A series of compelling character studies of the ‘alpha’ personalities and fitness evangelists that populate the manosphere, the work examines the psychological mechanisms of rejecting failure, vulnerability and introspection, and the pursuit of infinite growth at any cost.
16 October – 5 December 2025
Tuesday – Saturday 10am-5pm
Samstag Museum of Art
55 North Tce, Adelaide
Gallery 2
Free admission
5 STEPS FOR BETTER LIVING, MAXIMUM GAINS AND MANIFESTING YOUR MOST OPTIMISED SELF!! was awarded the AFF/Samstag 2025 $100,000 Expand Moving Image Commission. It was developed as a collaborative project at AFF Expand Lab 2023.
*Please note, this is not a ticketed event – no booking is required
5 STEPS FOR BETTER LIVING, MAXIMUM GAINS AND MANIFESTING YOUR MOST OPTIMISED SELF!!
Nisa East, Anna Lindner and Yasemin Sabuncu
A satirical, critical reflection on the trends of commodified, masculine ‘wellness’ in times of existential crisis. The multi-channel installation draws on experimental performance, surrealism and dark humour to examine the way wellness subcultures can be co-opted to sell individualistic visions of liberty and success. A series of compelling character studies of the ‘alpha’ personalities and fitness evangelists that populate the manosphere, the work examines the psychological mechanisms of rejecting failure, vulnerability and introspection, and the pursuit of infinite growth at any cost.
16 October – 5 December 2025
Tuesday – Saturday 10am-5pm
Samstag Museum of Art
55 North Tce, Adelaide
Gallery 2
Free admission
5 STEPS FOR BETTER LIVING, MAXIMUM GAINS AND MANIFESTING YOUR MOST OPTIMISED SELF!! was awarded the AFF/Samstag 2025 $100,000 Expand Moving Image Commission. It was developed as a collaborative project at AFF Expand Lab 2023.
*Please note, this is not a ticketed event – no booking is required
Film Credits
Country
Australia
Program Strand
Expand Lab & Free Events
Genre
Art