WORK PARTY FOR CHEATS
ART BUSINESS LTD
THURS 21 MAY 2026 | ANCIENT HOUSE
Work Party for Cheats is a communal space for getting the stuff done that you just can’t get done.
In just over 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. Feel free to bring something even if you think it’s impossible to be solved by collective cheating.
“I want to come back and do it again and again and again” - Participant feedback
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Date: Sat 24 May 2026
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Free tea and coffee will be available!
Venue: Ancient House
Tickets: FREE
Ages: 16+
Access: Ancient House has step-free 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.
