La Société Spectrale is an Albanian art collective founded in 2017 by Armando Lulaj, Jonida Gashi, and Pleurad Xhafa.
The collective took its name from the “ghost companies” that appeared during the rise of Pyramid schemes in Albania in the 1990s and whose collapse culminated in the 1997 Albanian civil unrest.
[1] The collective has been engaged in curatorial projects, such as Moving Billboard,[2][3] video productions such as HUNTINGAMES (2019),[4] and installations that consistently question the role of local government in their engagement with Albanian contemporary art, but also today’s role of foreign policy and the United States of America in shaping Albanian identity.
[5] The installation Teatri (2020) features objects, furniture, and props from the National Theatre of Albania recovered from Sharra landfill near Tirana after its destruction.
[10][11] Ambasada (2021–) features the growing collection of furniture acquired by La Société Spectrale from the regular auctions[12] organized by the Embassy of the United States, Tirana.