Plan 9 Trade Union

bristol | protests | announcement Wednesday June 25, 2008 16:45 by Sophie Mellor - Plan 9 sophie at plan9 dot org dot uk

Q. What will I be if I'm not an artist?
A. Think of how many people have gotten laid without even talking about art **

Waiters, invigilators, cafe workers, bookshop staff, technicians - artists spend the majority of their careers not being artists in order to support their practice.

Plan 9 Trade Union has been set up to radicalise artworkers in their satellite careers.

The Art Workers Coalition of the 1970's called for the end of art institutions.
The Art Strike of the 1990's called for the end of art.
Plan 9 Trade Union calls for covert sedition rather than overt cessation.

Plan 9 Trade Union artworkers will be staffing the Arnolfini's Far West Metro Store at The Mall, Broadmead, Bristol from 27 June until 24 July.

Come along to the Far West preview on Friday 27 June, 6-9pm at the Arnolfini, Narrow Quay, Bristol and claim your Plan 9 Trade Union badge.

Read the Plan 9 Trade Union terms and conditions at http://plan9tradeunion.blogspot.com/
The blog will be updated throughout June and July and you're invited to post your comments.

** Question number 7 from '20 of the most difficult, awkward and searching questions you could ask about the art strike (1990-1993), YAWN, Sept 22, 1989.

http://www.plan9.org.uk
http://www.arnolfini.org.uk/whatson/exhibitions/details/40