Swap Shop

SWAP SHOP: LIVING STORE PERFORMANCE BY MELANIE CARR SATURDAY, MAY 7, 2011
Reception- Saturday. May 7, 2011- 6:00pm-10:00pm

STORE HOURS: Saturday May 7, 4:00-10:00pm & Sunday May 8, noon-3:00 pm

SWAP SHOP is a participatory public piece about exchange. SWAP SHOP allows participants/the public to set the market by their willingness to contribute in an exchange of goods where the “swap” becomes the market price; one item equals one item, etc. The Swap Shop becomes social sculpture with restorative power for human connectedness. The SWAP SHOP depends upon public participation where one’s willingness to partake in an alternative system spur’s the creativity of its makers and viewers, where viewers become producers of an experience, and life and art are finely integrated among all.