£1,000,000 | 1,000 opinions (where would you allocate £1,000,000 of public spending?)

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Title: £1,000,000 | 1,000 opinions (where would you allocate £1,000,000 of public spending?)
Photo Credit: Julia Vogl
Lead Artist(s):

Description:

£1,000,000 | 1,000 opinions (where would you allocate £1,000,000 of public spending?) This hyperbolic bar chart and colour field painting reflect the public's opinion of where they would allocate a spare million of public spending. The work was conceived at a time when Londoners were in a tidal wave of transition. The massive budget cuts seemed threatening and scary to many people. A conversation about the collective future was being held by politicians and those in the media, a crucial problem was that there was no forum for people's discussion to impact the decisions that were being made. Julia Vogl's goal with this project was to give an ordinary citizen the power of government and decide how money should be spent. In illustrating a variety of public opinions she spurred a deeper conversation about how our values and our commitments as a community align. Vogl surveyed 1000 people throughout London, (Stanmore, Neasden, Kilburn, St. Johns Wood, Bond Street, Westminster, Waterloo, London Bridge, Canary Wharf, and Stratford) a 100 people in 10 different socio-economic communities, asking them to select one area from the London Greater Authority Budget list. The options were: ARTS & CULTURE (hot pink) BUSINESS & ECONOMY (gray) HEALTH (sea foam green) HOUSING ( sky blue) EDUCATION ( royal blue) ENVIRONMENT ( turquoise) SAFETY & POLICING ( yellow) SPORTS & OLYMPICS ( orange) TRANSPORTATION ( red). She gave each person she spoke with a corresponding colored badge, in the hope it would result in a anecdote or further conversation with others. Vogl then created a steel mechanism so the banners functioned as massive roller blinds. Each day of the show the banners were lowered and raised to reflect a different communities results. More at www.1000opinions.co.uk PRESS: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/jun/24/summer-student-shows-...

PROJECT LOCATION

University
University College of London, portico on Gower Street
University College of London
Gower St.
London, WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom

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PROJECT TEAM

Julia Vogl in association with University College of London Public Engagement Unit
PROJECT DETAILS

Temporary
$10,000
Banner, Installation
Metal, Panels
Installation, banners
2011
2012