ART AND THE BOUNCY BANKER: images of the downturn

The Bruxist Collective's take on Art and (as Alfred Jarry might put it) P'finance.

A numerically dyslexic artist (and reluctant consumer) shares his dearth of financial wisdom and resulting frustrations with his Bank Manager. Read personal letters from the elusive Art to his even more elusive Bank Manager. See a comic rendition of a Day In The Life Of The Bouncy Banker. Art struggles to make sense of the senseless as the Authorities of Finance wobble but never quite fall down. Full of hot air they float above it all! When they bounce it is with impunity! Why are there no Remorseful Bankers? Can Art and Finance ever coexist? Do you have a Blue Chip on your shoulder?

When bankers get together they talk about Art. When artists get together they talk about money. Oscar Wilde

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Pubs in England closing at the rate of four a day

Here is another victim of the downturn: In England smoking bans and taxes on beer only partly explain the loss of pubs at the rate of four a day. A pubs is supposed to be a refuge from daily toil and trouble but thanks to unscrupulous mortgage sellers, and turn a blind eye lenders they are foreclosing at an unbelievable rate. A beloved part of the social fabric is just fading away.

Monday, February 2, 2009

Letter to the Bank #3

Dear Bank,

I am beginning to think I am not dealing with a human being at all! Is this possible? It has been three months and so far no reply! What is the point of sending money to a machine, I have to ask myself. So I am not going to send anymore! There! That was simple! Oh if only all communications could be so concluded! Of course a hand written note asking me to please keep paying down my credit cards would be hard to resist and I would be compelled, as an honorable being, to honor your request. Please consider doing likewise in regards to my previous missives.

Yours sincerely,

K