London Transport Oystercard
01/03/2007 until 31/03/2007
Grizedale Arts was part of a mix of artists and writers commissioned (by Arts Council England) to create artwork for a London travel pass ("Oystercard") wallet aimed at promoting the arts. The design outlined a new set of rules for the country post-London bombings, and pictured the idyllic farm in Langdale (near Grizedale Arts' base) where the bombers reputedly trained.
The text on the wallet, by Adam
Sutherland is:
"Rights of Persons:
TO SAY ANYTHING IN PRIVATE & NOTHING IN
PUBLIC
TO FEEL SUPERIOR IN A VARIETY OF
WAYS
TO INFLICT THEMSELVES & OR ANY PARTS OF
THEMSELVES AT ANY TIME UPON ANOTHER OR OTHERS
TO BE RIGHT UNEQUIVOCALLY
TO SHRUG OFF THE BURDEN OF
OTHERS
TO WHATEVER, BY ANY MEANS
NECCESSARY
TO WANDER"
"With sincere thanks and
regrets to: Privacy Laws, the Declaration of Independence, Legal
Rights, Paris Hilton, Malcolm X, 10 Commandments, Islamic
Principles, Green Cross Code, Rights of Man, Burgess Meredith /
Mickey Goldmill, William Wordsworth, The Country Code, Lager Ads of
the 1970's, Various Christian Doctrines, The Highway Code, Tony
Blair, Milton, Raymond Babbit"
website design & build by dorian moore @ theusefularts.org.