TRANSACTIONLAND
RACHAEL CLERKE
THURS 21 - SUN 21 MAY 2026 | IPSWICH CENTRE
It’s shopping, but not as you know it!
Call in at Transactionland, a thoroughly unusual high-street retail emporium. From Thurs 21 May ‘til Sun 24 May, Transactionland will be open for a bit of browsing.
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-and-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.
Timings and details of the visiting artists to be announced soon!
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Date: Thurs 21 - Sun 24 May
Time: 09:00 - 17:00, with evening events
Venue: Ipswich - TBC!
Tickets: FREE - just pop in!
Ages: All ages
Access: If you have any access requirements you would like to discuss with us, please call 01473 210169 or email boxoffice@spillfestival.com.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Art Business Ltd is a new company from lead artist Rachael Clerke. Launched on the first day of the 2024-25 financial year, Art Business Ltd’s first project tracked the inner workings of the Art Business for a full year, and also saw the creation of a collection of useful gestures in The Dance of Professionalisation for Survival (in collaboration with Clara Potter-Sweet). Find our more at artbusiness.ltd
Rachael Clerke is a Bristol-based artist working across many mediums. They make generous artworks that sit somewhere on the edge of live art and community infrastructure; playful experiments about what real life might look like if we were less concerned with what real life 'should' look like. Find out more at rachaelclerke.com.
Photo: Ruby Turner
Supported by Arts Council England. Originally supported by Bricks, Bristol City Council, the 2021 Situations Award & Out of Hand.
