Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination

Creative disobedience

a man in a suit being hit in the face with a snowball

From 2004 to 2009 the vacuum cleaner was a founder and core member of the Laboratory of Insurrection Imagination.
During this period we collectively created 9 major works that included a weekend of creative disobedience, a tour of the UK on route to the G8, a raft race to shut down a coal power station and a week of creative actions and training around the City of London.
For further details and images please visit – www.labofii.net.

Selected Interventions and Exhibition – 2004 to 2009.

Experiment 1 – European Social Forum, London. 2004
Experiment 2 – Exhibition, CCA Glasgow 2005
Experiment 3 – UK Tour for the G8. 2005
Experiment 7 – The Great Rebel Raft Regatta. Kingsnorth Powerstation, River Medway. 2008.
Experiment 8 – The Power Vs The Bankster. RBS Headquarters, City of London. 2009

  • close up of a copper bench plaque that says "this bench can be used as a barricade"
  • a man holding his hand to his face and a carrot to his ear like a telephone in front of stock market screens
  • people carrying a canoe down to a river
  • a world map wall with pieces of paper pinned to it and toys on a table in front of it