Artist fails in begging for social engagement.
Artists fails in begging for social engagement.
Artist activist the vacuum cleaner failed in his attempt to beg for £100 to attend socially engaged art event Common Work held last Thursday at the Tramway, Glasgow.
"I turned up at 8.30, washed my hair and everything. But I only managed to raise £42.36, not even half way. By 12.30 I'd a cold bum and was hungry so I went home." Lamented James. "The begging itself was fine, but then it wasn't real. Some people were really nice, others not so. By the end I'd been given 2 Coffees, 1 Tea, 3 Biscuits, 1 Apple and 1 Cigarette. Admittedly that was mostly from my friend Jess, but it all counts. Maybe I was to common for Common Work."
"Joking aside, it would have been really nice to go, I heard there was some great stuff talked about. But maybe the organisers can't take full responsibility, our begging failed as much as their strategy of inclusion."
And with the profit?
"Well I'd like to put on an event of socially and politically engaged art, it will be free for everyone. But to do that we need to raise a bit more cash, so I'd hereby like to announce the £42.36 commission, the only guideline is that the work has to sell for more than £42.37. I'll repeat this process until we've got the cash."
Please send proposals to suck@vacuum.org.uk on a rolling bases, please put the £42.36 commission in the subject line.
Notes
Common Work was a conference/event held at the Tramway, Glasgow. The cheapest ticket for unwaged or low-waged folk was £100.
the vacuum cleaner
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