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Secret Service
by Marlene Haring, 2006

temporary bureaux, dimensions variable
Kunsthalle Project Space, Vienna, 6–9 April 2006
Hochschule für Gestaltung, Karlsruhe, 20 April 2006
ISCP, New York 26 August, 16 October 2006, 19–20 November 2006
RCM Art Museum, Nanjing, China (with locally recruited Agent), November 2006

The SECRET SERVICE bureau is an environment for a series of fifteen-minute appointments. Upon entering the room, the visitor and Marlene Haring enter into a non-disclosure agreement which states that all transactions taking place during the SECRET SERVICE shall not be disclosed in any way to anyone else.

SECRET SERVICE is expanding with the recruiting of new Secret Service Agents:

Secret Taxi Service (part of 'Sensationen im Alleingang')
Vienna, 10 October 2006
On 10 October Secret Taxi Service took place in Vienna with driver Secret Service Agent Alexander in his taxi. The Agent Assistant Fischer-Briand brought clients to the taxi, where they were offered the front passenger seat. From the back seat Agent Fischer-Briand then introduced the offer of a 15min Secret Service contract between the driver and the passenger. On agreement, Agent Fischer-Briand exited out, and the taxi drove away.

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