The Bureau of Apology is, at first glance, simply an office. Looks are deceiving and patterns can be quickly deciphered as a murky kind of bureaucratic hell begins to emerge. Visitors will be asked to participate in a progressive set of tasks, including the decision to reveal (or conceal) an innermost truth. Contributing writers to the literary journal A Public Space will act as shepherds of the unconscious, guiding them through this fascinating piece of environmental art.
Co-sponsored by A Public Space and The Invisible Dog.
About The PEN World Voices Festival
This year sees the ninth edition of the PEN World Voices Festival. Nine years is a substantial amount of time in the life span of an art festival, and we hope—in fact, we know—that by now PEN World Voices Festival has left its mark on New York, and is transforming New Yorkers’ way of thinking of literature…. see more