'Conditions of Carriage'
Sideshow, Nottingham.
17th April - 7th May 2006

Captain Ed
Charlie England
Leo Fitzmaurice
Rachel Goodyear
Danny Holcroft
Tim Machin

[insertspace] talk:
5pm, Sat 13th May.
The Old Moot Hall Inn, Carlton Rd, Sneinton, Nottingham, NG3 2DG.
This is part of a series of talks for Sideshow.

[insertspace] have invited six artists to make artworks for the advertising space on Nottingham City Transport bus tickets.

The bus ticket is an example of a piece of everyday paraphernalia that punctuates our lives. 'Conditions of Carriage' aims to explore the value and conversely the disposability of the artwork in relation to our daily routine.

The selected artists work inventively within this context and explore the ephemeral fragments of our daily lives be it through linguistics, aesthetics or material value.

We are interested in prolonging, and exploring the value of the bus ticket once it loses its original function.
By inviting artists to explore contexts of validity, disposability and identity, we want to open up discussion on the relationship between the viewer and the artwork.

We hope that the project will encourage an inquisitive response from passengers as well as a sense of participation in Nottingham's art scene, and the British Art Show. The tickets have the potential to become collectable items, although we anticipate that many of the tickets will be disregarded and disposed of in the everyday way they are normally used. This again raises questions about the value and longevity of the artworks, as well as the function of the artwork.