Show Me The Money
A playful artistic investigation exploring how artists generate income during economic constraint.
A playful artistic investigation exploring how artists generate income during economic constraint. The project poses several central questions: How do artists pay the rent? Does their career involve more retail than Shakespeare? It examines whether artists live with parents, depend on wealthy partners, earn entirely from creative work, or receive public funding.
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Show Me The Money Trailer
Show Me The Money - Edinburgh Fringe 2017
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Review: Paula Varjack – Show Me The Money
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Show Me The Money tackles the financial struggles of those in the creative industries
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Show Me The Money - Three Weeks Edinburgh
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An intimate rallying cry for all artists to come together and demand fair pay.
ReviewA clip of that time I taught a room full of funders and artistic directors about pay transparency (while live streamed on YouTube
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