Transactionland: Work Party For Cheats
ABOUT THIS EVENT:
Work Party for Cheats is a communal space for getting the stuff done that you just can’t get done.
In two hours we will endeavour to resolve as many unfinished tasks as we can, using all the skills and energy in the room to swap, steal and cheat our way out of our stuck-ness. Because doing other people’s work is easier than doing your own work, and collective satisfaction is better than individual smuggery.
To take part, please bring with you an unfinished or unresolved task, along with anything you think might be useful in resolving it. This could be something that you can’t do because you don’t have the skills or don’t have time, or something you are just avoiding because it’s boring or complicated. Feel free to bring something even if you think it’s impossible to be solved by collective cheating.
This is a collaborative workshop aimed at problem-solving and encouraging you to finish your tasks, in a relaxed and friendly space. In previous Work Parties, people have proofread, written budgets, written to pen pals, finished a painting, made a birthday card, given feedback on a novel, toilet-trained a puppy, researched impenetrable jargon, shortlisted applications, come up with fundraising ideas, fixed a website, learned about human skin cells, and much more.
Limited spaces - free tickets available to book soon
“I want to come back and do it again and again and again” - Participant feedback
ABOUT TRANSACTIONLAND:
Call in at Transactionland, a thoroughly unusual high-street retail emporium. From Wednesday 22nd ‘til Friday 31st July, Transactionland will be open for a bit of browsing and a spot of shoplifting at The Good Rice, 98 Robert Street, NW1 3QP
Transactionland is a response to a collective fear of talking about the economy - both ‘The Economy’, and the many other economies small and large we interact with every day. It aims to be a brave space for exploring alternatives and having some tongue-in-cheek fun with Very Serious Stuff.
Hosted by artist-turned-shopkeeper Rachael Clerke, Transactionland rejects the idea that economics is not for the likes of you or me: why leave it to the men in suits to design the systems that rule our lives?
Transactionland invites you to shop 'til you drop alongside a packed programme of conversations, workshops, performances and more, with visiting artists working the tills.
22-26th July &
29th-31st July 2026
+ find us at Regent’s Roots Festival on 1st August
Presented in the Regent’s Park Estate by Old Diorama Arts Centre.