neil cummings

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21 Dec 2021

I assembled a vase for my daughter and her family for Christmas. It's made from a glass light bulb diffuser and cardboard from home delivery packaging. The bulb in my…


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25 Jun 2014

I contributed a version of Generosity to Ends Meet: Essays on Exchange, a publication developed…


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26 Apr 2014

I contributed a version of Generosity to Truth is Concrete: A Handbook for Artistic Strategies in Real Politics. The…


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26 Apr 2014

Truth is Concrete was emblazoned over Bertolt Brecht’s desk while in exile in Denmark, a constant reminder in times of extreme social turbulence to remember political…


05 Dec 2010

In 2010 I collaborated with 51architecture on an entry into a com­pe­ti­tion, A Room for London. The brief was to design a tem­po­…


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19 Sep 2010

I went to London zoo to participate in an extension of an exhibition and conference. The exhibition at Gasworks was


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18 Dec 2009

"We have to discuss speculation, because the ultimate test is not the probable, but the possible. The possible implies creation, and obliges…


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25 Apr 2009

From 11am to 4pm on Saturday 25th April 2009, I'll be taking part in Kindival an event organised by student campaigner Tom Robbins. It's a series of talks, discussions, exhibitions  and performances that explores the theory and practice of kindness…


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01 May 2001

Capital was a series of encounters between two iconic institutions - the Tate and the Bank of England - and the economies of debt and gift that they animate.

In the Reading…


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01 May 2006

First, trust seeped away in the debt markets. They seized, and the repercussions caused financial and 'real' economies to collapse. Trust is the most precious commodity in any market.

I'm reminded of a project I did in…