Kirsten Tingle

Rules:

Bring your goods and services to trade with Kirsten.

All paintings on display in the front room are up for barter. Every barter must be brokered with Kirsten and witnessed by a third party. If the barter is successful it shall be agreed upon by the shaking of hands and the exchanging of goods/services. The painting will be held by the artist until the goods/services have been received/performed. 

Kirsten needs:

Bulk dry goods, studio labor, cash, a winter hat, horse medicine, brushes, miscellaneous interesting objects, dinner, documentation, legal advice, sexual favors, coffee beans, stretched canvases, a bed frame, paint, lots of wine, frozen meat, sick jackets, toothpaste, good books, synth lessons, gallery representation, health insurance, laundry, other paintings, luxury spa, good credit, surprise me.

Why:

1. Kirsten has too many paintings. 

2. For an economy to flourish there must be a high velocity of exchange. 

3. Oh the thrill of the trade! Nothing gets me going like trading. I hope you brought some prime goods and services. 

Thieves will be killed. 

Bring and Barter Show explores the social structures around artmaking and art consumption. The main conceit of the show is that all the art on display can be obtained through barter—in order to leave with artwork, participants are asked to enter into social relations with the artist. Trade offers have included studio labour, toothpaste, gallery representation, an operatic performance, a three course dinner, and a loaf of fresh bread delivered every week. The show draws from research into alternative currencies and aims to generate a space in which the operations of the market might be discerned from the operations of capital; in this mode of exchange participants have to think in terms of their personal desires rather than financial value. 

Bring and Barter Show ran in 2022 and 2023 at Treasure Town in New York City. The show/performance received grant funding from arts and music festival Calling All Magical People to be staged for three days and nights for festival goers.