Ellie Harrison
Transactions
During the exhibition, Ellie Harrison sends an SMS to the
mobile phone in the gallery every time she makes a
financial transaction (large or small). The phone’s alert
triggers the dancing Coke can.
Ellie Harrison
The History of Financial Crises
The period of time the gallery is open each day is used to
represent the last century. The popcorn machines are
activated one-by-one at times corresponding to their
dates within the century.
1929: Wall Street Crash
1937: US Recession
1973: UK Stock Market Crash
1987: Black Monday
1990: Japanese Asset Price Bubble
1992: UK Black Wednesday
1997: Asian Financial Crisis
1998: Russian Financial Crisis
2000: Dot-Com Bubble
2007: The Chinese Correction
2008: Global Credit Crisis