Capital Growth (May Day 2009)
6 site-specific interventions across London and Cambridge
6 oil paintings
(birds eye views of London Stock Exchange, Lloyds of London, London Metals Exchange, BLACCXN)
at 6 intervention sites that have shown exceptional growth in privatisation or links with the private sector…
The paintings were left to fate,
to the elements,
to the police,
to security guards,
to art-lovers…
Photographer for all site-specific images – ©Kristian Buus.
Creative Commons licence
The 6 site-specific interventions were enacted by Alana Jelinek, Juliette Brown and, for the first three, Rachel Anderson. The day’s itinerary was available on activist websites, and occasionally we were met by audiences who were aware of the interventions. Most often, audiences were casual onlookers, occasionally asking questions.
Audiences could choose to have SMS text alerts to receive image updates of each successful intervention as they occurred throughout the day.
All paintings were signed on the back with my email address. No one emailed.
