something for something

an experiment with the artist as a consultative resource

  production year 2002
duration 3 days
media performance / event
photo Eva Linder, Annika Lundgren
concept, performance  Annika Lundgren


Something for Something was a project focusing on an artist as an asset in society in a different capacity than that of a producer of art-objects. Simultaneously, the piece was an attempt to a creative solution of the financial situation of the artist.

For a three-day period, the exhibition-space was transformed into a consultation-office where the audience could book a 45-minute session with the artist. During the session, the “clients” could consult the artist on any matter, being promised not necessarily a solution, but a serious evaluation and analysis of the issue, according to the methods and ways of thinking that the artist would normally employ in her work.

The price of the consultations - 62,50 SEK / 45 minutes - was based on the price of a new pair of boots for the artist divided with 16; the number of consultation periods available during the weekend.

Presented at gallery-space YEANS in Gothenburg, Sweden


 
reception area


   
consultation-room


 
in consultation