The recession might be over...
... but the government's austerity measures remain. Bankers continue to receive bonuses and pay rises, the public sector is being handed over to the big society and students look set to begin their financial lives in ten of thousands of pounds of debt. This is just the tip of the iceberg. The economy is an infuriating subject and one that can appear to have a scientific edge to its treatments and cures for depressions, recessions and deficit problems... but how much do we know of this 'science of choices'?
As an area of study, economics seems to dominate much of the discussion around societal and political issues, its a 'dismal science' and one that offers some dubious ideas for understanding us as people, ideas that might be interesting to consider in the space of a party economy...
Silently Revolting is a collective that organises not-for-profit parties where people can get together and get critical and celebrate it. We can't guarantee you a revolution but we can guarantee a space with cheaper drinks and like-minded people where you can plan it.
Please find info on the first party below, this is a pilot project and as such is focused on getting people together and seeing if we can make it work. This party is themed to the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and uses the official date of the most depressing day of the year - Jan 21st - to begin playing with the idea of a party stock market, as none of us have any experience of this area its proving difficult to do the maths but we'll give it a go and hopefully you'll be there to join us. We're getting a special currency designed for you to spend at the party, so instead of paying an entry fee and then having to buy drinks - we're asking you to buy our currency to spend in the space, which will make drinks much cheaper than going to the pub.
We welcome ideas, suggestions and contributions for this party as well as future parties, so if you're a performer, an economist, an artist, theorist or... anything in fact ... and you have something that you would like to try out, perform or speak about and it fits or reflects the theme in some way, get in touch (silentlyrevolting@gmail.com) and let's see what we can bring together. Hope to see you there.
