cashpoint
stainless steel, cash dispensing mechanism
60 x 40 x 60 cm
2008
C
ashpoint is an abstracted but functioning full-scale version of an ATM (Automatic Teller Machine) that has been designed to randomly dispense a five-pound note once in every 24 hour period.
Site-specificity is integral to the work. The strategic location of
cashpoint in the city centre environment proposes a direct and random interaction with the general public. Acting as a pseudo economic incentive
cashpoint aims to re-direct the expected and habitual flow of people through the city. It aims to stimulate a discussion about the commercialisation and economics of public space, providing a framework through which questions about, and understanding of public space can be generated in an unexpected and provoking way.
Cashpoint was selected and commissioned as a permanent public art intervention for Lambton Street, Sunderland, UK in 2006. However, it was not realised due to political censorship.
Cashpoint was shown at:
Back to the City Public Art Festival, Newcastle, Australia, 2008;
SHOW ME THE MONEY, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, UK, 2014;
SHOW ME THE MONEY, People’s History Museum Manchester, UK, 2015.
