The Red Suitcase
Elia Biennale, Ghent
2006
This public intervention took place during the 9th Elia* Biennial Conference, attended by ministers of education, student representatives, pofessorrs and directors from various European institutions of art.
I arrived at the event pulling a red traveling suitcase filled with my personal belongings, and approached each person I encountered to take a look inside and select an item. Once a desired item has been selected, the interested person is informed that they can have this item, but not for free. When asking the value of each object/item, I would propose for the potential buyers to decide on a price themselves. With each offer made, I negotiated the price upwards, resulting in all the items sold at a price higher than what was originally proposed.
* Elia is the European League of Institutes of the Arts, a network of approximately 315
European Art Education institutes.
Photo documentation by Oscar Martinéz
© Donna Kukama, 2006
